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

Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.

This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.

A small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

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

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

This candy shop has been serving up sweets to the Louisville area since the 1850s.

A hidden barn-sized rendition of Grant Wood's most famous, and most parodied, painting.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

It was originally part of a "terrible lizards" collection at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

Built in 1869, this now-retired structure looks more like a medieval fortress than a county lock-up.

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

A lovely hidden waterfall right off the highway is well worth a stop.

While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.

Today this bizarre rooftop phone booth seems like a piece of kitsch but it was once used to spot disastrous storms.