What started as three small gnomes at the base of a tree has grown into a full-blown gnome home.

A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

One of the largest Native American shell middens stands 30 feet tall.

A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.

An office built to look like a giant basket.

This is the last hand-cranked chain ferry of its kind in operation in the United States.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

The symbol was surreptitiously built into the river bank by German prisoners of war.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

World's largest Christmas store.

A painted-over wall in Detroit originally built to segregate a black community from an adjacent white development.

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

This large stone residence served as a field hospital during the Battle of Gettysburg between stints as a tavern.

This Civil War monument was designed by an eccentric architect and Gettysburg veteran.

This covered bridge was used by both Union and Confederate troops during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.

One of Gettysburg’s least visited battlefield memorials is off the beaten path, but worth a visit.

Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

This monument marks the beginning journey of a wounded soldier's leg that ended up almost two states away.

The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.