400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

A 30-foot-tall goat tower in central Illinois is home to a herd of Swiss ungulates.

This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.

Performers, intricate sets, and a real speakeasy tell the story of the 18th Amendment.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

This twisty sign depicts the chain's first logo.

A 19th-century cemetery device to ensure that the prematurely buried would be "saved by the bell."

More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.

You thought Santa Claus didn't exist, but it turns out you were wrong.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.

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

The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.

The mysterious white squirrels of this Illinois city are treated like sacred cows.

Even with only two residents and one building, this tiny Illinois town is famous for its burgers.

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

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

This small-town park in southern Illinois has a 1,000,000-gallon swimming pool and a 100,000-barrel oil well.

The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.

The 40-year-old machine serves soda quicker than you can catch it for a mere 75 cents a pop.

This historic lavatory leftover features two levels of defecation stations completely without context.