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The first U.S. town to secede from the Union, only to vote themselves right back in.

Contrary to popular belief, this secluded statue doesn't represent Pennsylvania's founder.

Local history museum with mammoth bones and an old myth about local giants

The site of a gold-digging conquistador's bloody landing in the Americas.

The first rural cemetery west of the Mississippi is home to the elaborate tombs of St. Louis' local beer barons.

When it comes to handsignals (and colonialism) rock always beats scissors.

The only ancient owl carving found east of the Mississippi.

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

A Chicago Movie Palace Lost to Time.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.

Memorializing an American tragedy of massive proportions.

A $100,000 tumbleweed decorates an Arizona park and ride that got its priorities a bit tangled.

A whimsical monument deep in this park commemorates the groups that helped build it.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

Housed in the university planetarium, the thousand-strong collection of tiny towelettes includes a used one from the hosts of Car Talk.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

A comprehensive collection of bonsai set in a beautiful campus.

Pittsburgh's literal underground railroad.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

Rural churches in the middle of nowhere with religious frescoes by famous artist.

Washington's top-secret Cold War-era doomsday communications tower is located in a small neighborhood park.

It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.