A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.

This historic folk art garden contains a nightmare tower that claims to be the world's largest concrete totem pole.

This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

An obsolete, vanishing traffic device warns Cincinnati drivers away from middle-of-the-road obstructions.

Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.

A retro walk through the history of the tube.

This Czar-funded, onion-domed, lavishly muraled Orthodox Church played a starring role in "The Deer Hunter."

The site of Neil Armstrong's first flight is marked by a full on replica of the moon landers.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

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

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

A monument to the sheer amount of oddities one can collect over a lifetime.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

"I did this all while you were watching TV."