The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

Disks are rolled out onto the south lawn to absorb the impact of Marine One's wheels like giant coffee coasters.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

A remnant of the last Ice Age, this lake is surrounded by fascinating rock formations.

This baseball diamond was home to the Rockford Peaches, a team featured in the hit film "A League of Their Own."

This monolithic statue was erected in honor of Chief Black Hawk (even if it wasn't made to look like him).

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

Vice President Humphrey's final resting place is tucked away in this cemetery along with a few other notable figures.

An amazing collection of sculptures and art.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

A small abandoned and abused cemetery that has become a magnet for ghost hunters.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

A beautiful South Korean gate and garden in Little Rock honors American Taekwondo.

The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

Find out what it sounds like when doves cry at Prince's recording studio estate turned museum.

Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.

A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

Home to a vast collection of The Wizard of Oz memorabilia and the site of an infamous theft.

The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.