This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

An old train trestle re-imagined as an Egyptian obelisk.

One of the best-selling bar bands in American music history is commemorated in their hometown's Five Points neighborhood.

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

A local scoured more than 1,000 acres for stone to create his masterpiece.

The lynching and burial site of America's first train robbers.

Kentucky's longest operating jail is now a spooky spot to spend the night.

This railroad overpass is said to be home to a murderous goat-man whose very legend has led to very real deaths.

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

This hidden jockey “walk of fame” celebrates the winning riders of the Kentucky Derby.

The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.

Locals place their offerings on this nightmarish gnarled tree so the witches won't summon another storm.

Covered in tens of thousands of coats of paint, this Indiana attraction holds a world record all its own.

The bespectacled, cocktail-sipping pachyderm is a strange but fitting liquor store mascot.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

If you want to build a better mousetrap, first consult this small museum's massive collection of trapping tools.

Bison, America's national mammal, are staging a slow comeback in Ohio's prairie parkland.

A miniature world of concrete and stone in Springfield, Ohio.

Inside this wonderland of weird, visitors are treated to a collection ranging from skeletons to haunted artifacts.

You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.

A real flying saucer, contracted by the U.S. Air Force.

This stuffed pigeon of war had the very serious name "John Silver" until he lost a leg in battle.

Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.