Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

This historic headstone is said to mark the final resting place of a doubly-dead white witch.

This divisive system of turtle tunnels was built to save animals stranded after a highway split a lake in half.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

Shaped like a big top tent, this memorial honors the victims of a terrible train wreck.

Coca Cola may be "the real thing" but its inventor, buried at this Georgia gravesite, called it a "valuable brain tonic."

A psychedelic tribute to one of Georgia's most unique artistic visionaries, out of place and time in the heart of Atlanta.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

One of the few remaining relics of the meatpacking hub that made Chicago the "hog butcher to the world."

Pumpkin-like gargoyles and grotesques peer down from the rooftop of this unassuming apartment building in Illinois.

This huge clock made of flowers and simple machinery was once used a political weapon.

The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.

This hidden jockey “walk of fame” celebrates the winning riders of the Kentucky Derby.

The only building in Louisville (hopefully) that contains two ancient holy skeletons.

This small Arkansas town once had a close encounter with the Beatles, and are determined never to let anyone forget that. Ever.

Yup, that's where the name came from.

This Arkansas town is known for its gangster history, its healing waters, and now its brews.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

Once seen as a bit of an eyesore, this sculpture has become a staple of downtown Houston.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.

In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.