This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

This sprawling museum holds one man's giant collection of real tanks.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.