This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.

This giant, rotating globe was built to celebrate the expansion of a company that makes steam cleaners and pressure washers.

An elegant sandstone stairway built by the WPA still connects two neighborhoods in Akron.

This campus museum commemorates a national tragedy.

Mausoleums, astronomy, and animatronic dinosaurs at this memorial to an assassinated American president.

The 25th President's marble casket can be visited in this classical Ohio tomb.

The site of the one and only battle of Lord Dunmore's War.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

The failure of one component toppled this entire bridge during rush hour.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

Superfans of The Shawshank Redemption can take a driving tour of most of the films real locations.

This 35-foot-tall hamburger-toting chef is said to be the largest bobblehead in the world.

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."

Two Ming Dynasty lion statues guard the entrance to the journalism school.

The obelisk meant to mark the founding father's grave at Monticello is actually on the University of Missouri campus.

The iconic remains of the original Academic Hall that burned down in 1892.

Modeled after the labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral, this small-town Indiana memorial labyrinth sits half a world away.

At the top of the hour, this steam-powered clock's eight brass whistles play "Back Home Again in Indiana."

Inspired by a piece of concrete, these three pyramid-shaped buildings have been beloved Indianapolis landmarks for over 50 years.

One of the largest carillons in the world, this giant instrument has 67 cast-iron bells played by a keyboard.

The history of funerals and funerary customs.

The empty tomb that houses the memories of Roy Bertelli's revenge.