Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

This monument is dedicated to those lost on June 6, 1944, in the town with that day’s highest per-capita casualty rate.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

A sculpture serving as an homage to Pope John Paul II.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.