This tomb was fashioned with a sliding window for a grieving mother who struggled with her daughter's death.

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Whimsical bronze sculptures of smiling coins and houses await visitors to this park.

The highest point in Mississippi is a hilltop that was once used to bombard a nearby town with artillery.

Instead of becoming a power plant, this abandoned complex became a massive letdown.

This university research project is the U.S. government's weed dealer.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

A decaying building marks the site associated with Emmett Till's brutal 1955 murder, which helped sparking the civil rights movement.

After decades of research and rumors, Little Zion Church was proven to be his final resting place.

A museum in Mississippi celebrates the history of Coca-Cola and the man who brought it to the masses.

This monument to the victims of a tragic explosion is said to turn and look at passing cars.

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

Florence’s mother built a stairway down to her daughter’s coffin so she could comfort her during storms.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.