This Indianapolis landmark offers a secret panoramic view of the city. 

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

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

After the oysters have been shucked, and the restaurant's been shuttered, the terrazzo sidewalk from the 1940s is all that remains.

A provocative museum dedicated to the genre and the harsh realities that inspired its origins.

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.

Atlanta's strange assortment of concrete pillars inspires reflection in some, confusion in others.

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

More than 150 working bells from churches and one-room-schoolhouses across the Great Plains are assembled in one man's yard.

An ornate Art Deco tile mosaic representing Nebraskan life, both modern and prehistoric.

On the edge of grassland in northeastern Colorado, these rock formations are some of the few remnants of a high plain that has eroded away over millions of years.

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

They call buildings like this "mimetic architecture," but nothing has ever mimicked the taste of Moxie.

A restored historic movie theater is the perfect place for a regional film archive.

Stone monument honoring a town founder has a witch-boot shaped stain and a curse to go with it.

This 19th century granite fortification is one of the most well preserved forts in New England.

Sculptures, jams, and the wild west collide at this folksy retreat.

This roadside stand claims to be the world's smallest bookstore.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

The world's largest rotating world.

The only remaining historic maritime signal station in the United States.

Its unique collection details the history of the state's svelte railroads.