The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

A historic landmark and museum filled with curious objects representing the history of Key West.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The "All-Seeing Eye of God" symbol on this library is a clue to one of the many former lives of this building.

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.

A curious cone-shaped structure made of wire and covered with antlers.

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

More than 25 fully functional scale replicas of famous lighthouses dot the shores of Lake Havasu.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

Owned by Native American women, this brewery is a celebration of indigenous culture in the American Southwest.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

This giant rock arrived at this quiet park thousands of years ago on the back of a massive glacier.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.