This memorial to a horrific ship collision sits over a mass grave holding dozens of the victims.

The metal truss bridge served as the sole entry point to an "isolation island" for smallpox outbreaks throughout the 1870s and early 1940s.

This observation tower is a longstanding, 1960s landmark in the Thousand Islands region of Canada.

Canada's subterranean Cold War museum has doubled as a movie set.

A sprawling Victorian farm that has been surrounded by a capital city is one of Canada's greatest treasures.

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

Centuries-old columns from French monasteries provide structure for this courtyard within an Ohio art museum.

For more than 50 years, an iconic sign has greeted visiting “fudgies” to the Traverse City area.

These locks on North America’s oldest canal are named after a porcine rock formation.

Dedicated to the writer who immortalized the use of the poppy as a symbol of remembrance of those who died in wars.

A boardwalk winds above this beautiful bog full of wildlife and a rare type of turtle.

Watch the ships come in on Michigan's 210 ft. high observation deck in Sault Ste. Marie.

The world's largest commercially available hamburger is complete with 15 pounds of lettuce, 30 pounds of bacon, and 36 pounds of cheese.

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.

Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

This is one really big nut.