Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.

Dubbed the "smallest church in America," this tiny sanctuary was a local grocer's dream come true.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.

A 30-year-old Sycamore tree grown from a seed taken to the moon and back.

The building is topped by a Statue of Liberty statue whose torch has stayed burning since the museum opened.

This multisensory alley has the ability to remind bustling citygoers to stop and smell the roses.

This tower-tomb honors a president who only held office for a little over a month but dedicated his life to his country.

A flamboyantly decorated bridge signals diversity and fellowship at the entry to Indianapolis' Broad Ripple Village.

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

Public works and national defense project meant to carve a canal all the way across the state of Florida.

The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.