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Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.

One of few remaining antique carousels with stationary animals in the U.S.

When zealous marijuana enthusiasts kept stealing the "Mile 420" highway marker, the State of Colorado got creative.

The scant remains of an expansive indigenous civilization can be seen at this Arkansas state park.

Life-size figures portray depot attendants, train crew, and passengers frozen in time at the oldest railroad station in Arkansas.

A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

An ever-growing collection of rare and strange objects owned by local Arkansas illusionist Maxwell Blade.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

A Kansas grassroots sculptor decorates the local roadways with his sculptures made from found objects.

A peg-legged tightrope walker did not reveal his name as he was dying, and so he was buried as “Rope Walker."

The final resting place of Captain William Becknell, the Old West frontiersman who forged the Santa Fe Trail.

This Italianate Villa-style castle is pretty to look at, just keep off the private property.

This sacred space and gathering spot for the Wyandot Nation has been the surrounded by controversy and confusion.

Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.

Tucked away on an empty wooded lot in suburban Oklahoma City lie the remnants of an abandoned circus camp.

This underwater old Texas hill town only resurfaces during harsh drought.

Metal sculpture folk art lining the Kansas Highway.

A giant "X" symbolizes the blood spilled from the brutal Juárez drug wars.

This mountain tram provides stunning views while hanging from a single, steel thread.