Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.

This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

The magic's in the hole!

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

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

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

A theme park attraction designed to turn your children into LARPers.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

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

Locals purchased this abandoned quarry in order to make sure it continues to be overgrown.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.