Origin of the blue-skinned Fugates of eastern Kentucky.

An enormous goose sits atop this nest-shaped home.

This one-room schoolhouse in rural Arkansas dates to the 1920s, but looks like it could be the 1820s.

An abandoned early-20th-century boomtown sits within the Calico Rock city limits.

Peak named for an old man who liked to run in the nude.

In Paris, Texas, even Jesus wears cowboy boots.

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

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

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

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

In the Compton Hill Reservoir Park sits a statue whose lack of clothing caused a scandal for the group that commissioned it.

The eccentric and colorful pavilions of Tower Grove park are a beloved and overlooked symbol. 

The Magic House provides a beautiful and creative environment for curious youngsters to get their knowledge on.

This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.

This coastal port saw one of the most significant battles of the Civil War.

One of almost 200 confirmed impact craters in the entire world, untouched for tens of millions of years.

This little-known memorial honors those who have donated their bodies to medical training.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.