This little barrel-shaped cottage by Lake Superior was once a cartoonist's summer retreat.

These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

The playful side of the Columbus community is on full display.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

Smoky, also known as "Yorkie Doodle Dandy," was a four-pound hero of World War II.

A throwback train ride transports passengers through one of the lesser-known national parks in the country.

A tribute to one of the most famous cowboys on TV, and the consumerism that fueled his popularity.

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

A favorite of Amelia Earhart, ranking among those rare bridges that can be crossed without changing sides of the river.

An office built to look like a giant basket.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.

Three bronze deer sculptures relax along the Scioto Mile.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

This Pennsylvania cave holds evidence of the oldest known inhabitants of North America.

First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.

Hundreds of 19th-century characters descend upon an Ohio town every autumn.

The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.

Just outside the Ohio Supreme Court sits a testament to justice.

Known locally as "the giant head," this 14-foot LED sculpture has a photo booth in the neck where you can have a 3D picture taken and displayed.