This huge stew pot is the focal point of the "Community Soup" event, which honors tradition and soup.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

A wonderland of folk art including the World’s Largest Grit. 

Where school buses go to die and be reborn as whimsical works of art.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

A sinuous monument to the first person who was struck by a meteorite.

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

Dothan, Alabama has been invaded by scores of anthropomorphic peanuts.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

A 19th-century utopian religious society designed to align with the latitude of Jerusalem.

The first hand-illuminated, hand-written bible since the invention of the printing press.

A large circus museum with summer performances.

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.

This sky-high radio mast is formerly the tallest man-made structure in the world.

"...I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper?"

Part of a secret 1970s nuclear defense program is now open to the public.

Topeka has its own great wall, and it's covered in colorful images from the city's history.

Lone survivor from Custer's Last Stand forever preserved.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

Undone by Prohibition, this abandoned brewery-turned-flour mill is now ready for its third act.

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.