"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

The magic's in the hole!

A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

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

A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.