Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

One of few surviving standpipe water towers in the U.S.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.