This was the first ever National Lakeshore, established in 1966.

This ancient art form was used to capture the lives and struggles of the Haywood Street ministry.

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.

An artistically engineered dam designed to honor the relationship between humankind and nature.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

Sculptor Vadim Bora's bronze felines pay playful homage to architectural features no longer extant along Asheville's Wall Street.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

An early life spent in this "Old Kentucky Home" inspired the writings of North Carolina's most famous novelist.

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.

This steam locomotive served as both an interesting static display and unique playground equipment since 1959.

The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

Once an ancient sea, this landscape of rocky ravines is filled with the fossils of ancient marine life.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.