This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

This historic sunny-yellow building has an unfortunate connection to the sinking of the Titanic.

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

This museum in the woods evokes the work and lives of Michigan's 19-century lumberjacks.

These grassy undulations on a stretch of University of Michigan campus aren't bad landscaping, they're art.

This 19th-century ghost town offers a stunning view of Lake Michigan and a journey through the region's industrial past.

World's largest Christmas store.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

Boise State's stadium was the first non-green football field in the world.

The largest outdoor art gallery in the Northwest United States.

A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.

Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.

A town wears its heart on the sleeve of a smiling girl, arms flung wide open in a cheerful greeting for all who encounter her.

According to the experts at the Guinness World's Record office, this is the longest candy counter in the world.

A serene plaza that commemorates one of the Granite State's most iconic figures.