A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

This spot memorializes one of the greatest plays in NFL history, unless you happen to be a Raiders fan.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

The remnants of the fortress that saved Georgia from the Spanish still stand guard on their swampy island.

Carved faces add a touch of magic to this island's impressive oak trees.

A real (but thankfully not live) missile stands tall as a monument to the United States military in the small town of Cordele.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

This 15-foot former Johnny Appleseed has given up his apples for donuts and coffee.

Georgia may have been on his mind, but this memorial in Florida shows that Greenville was really Ray Charles's childhood home.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).