Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

Arguably the best example of an authentic Dutch windmill in the United States, rivaling its counterparts in the Netherlands.

In Houston's airport, a cow is properly equipped to jump over the moon.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

The sign to a demolished amusement park now stands in front of a local library.

World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

A man's home is his castle.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.