This was once the largest four-sided clock in the world (yes, even bigger than Big Ben).

One of the best-selling bar bands in American music history is commemorated in their hometown's Five Points neighborhood.

A shrine to one of England's female saints in what is believed to be her former home.

This 1930s-era Route 66 Tulsa landmark was moved, restored, and filled with neon.

This lavish abode was once the home of the inventor of "Gorilla Pants."

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

Along a coast that sees the annual migration of humpback whales, a geological formation that takes the shape of a whale’s tail.

A Route 66 filling station that was designed to resemble the Hagia Sophia, and is now the symbol of an arts district.

This historic jailhouse was designed by famed architect Robert Mills.

This small memorial is almost as well concealed as Smalls himself was on the night he sailed to freedom.

Visit the secret grave of a legendary privateer who faked his own death.

This town at the north edge of Myrtle Beach holds a wealth of Black history.

This maze-like, oceanfront gift shop—the nation’s largest— has been serving kitsch to the Myrtle Beach community for over 80 years.

This historic home of the shag is keeping a Southern dance tradition going strong.

Take a stroll through this centuries-old tunnel of enormous moss-hung evergreens, nestled among the grounds of America’s first public sculpture garden.

This giant, rotating globe was built to celebrate the expansion of a company that makes steam cleaners and pressure washers.

This statue includes the molehill that toppled a king.

Kwanu'sila the Thunderbird has been silently watching over Chicago for more than 100 years (kind of).

A memorial for public executions that dates back to the 14th century.

Even though some of the buildings date back to the Victorian era, this research institute is still involved in cutting-edge astronomy research.

A royal relic from the time that gambling was accidentally made legal in South Carolina.

Dedicated to the Father of the British Fire Service.

After it was missing for a decade, this 40-foot statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe was found and returned to a place of honor—with a little help from a tropical storm.

Associated with the famous wizard, it is said that when this oak tree falls, so will the town.