The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A short but powerful waterfall resides amid Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes.

A monument to one of the few Olympic flames ever to be lit outside of the host city.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

A historic ballroom host to famous performers from the big band era to 1980s rock.

The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.

The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.

This towering wooden Sasquatch was carved with a chainsaw.

The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

This simple badlands butte is the highest point in North Dakota and may be the only high point to charge admission.

This museum is a full-size replica of an original church constructed during the 13th-century.

This abandoned cemetery has a dark past of bodies buried over bodies.

The only building in Louisville (hopefully) that contains two ancient holy skeletons.

Unique and somewhat surreal, this little girl's memorial depicts a playful Jesus.

Once one of the most polluted caves in America, now an environmental success story and a museum dedicated to caves.

The largest cemetery in Louisville is the final resting place of Col. Sanders and Muhammad Ali.

This railroad overpass is said to be home to a murderous goat-man whose very legend has led to very real deaths.

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall, but rather lightning.

A stretch of highway even lonelier than the so-called "Loneliest Road in America."

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.