Probably the only remaining trace of a leprosy house in Wisconsin, reflecting a time when leprosy was uncurable and sufferers were isolated.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

Walk up a ramp through a forest for panoramic views of Lake Michigan.

The property contains 37 preserved animal effigy mounds constructed by Native Americans between 800-1100.

This granite mountain is the largest rock in Africa and the second-largest monolith in the world.

An Art Nouveau gem hides beneath the layers of city grime obscuring this once-magnificent building.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

A tiny park in the middle of some big power politics.

This crucial gathering spot along the "hippie trail" still displays old notes between traveling beatniks and backpackers.

Taste rums made with heirloom sugarcane on the distillery's own estate.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

This friendly fellow was built to honor an advancement in mineral processing.

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

A haunting army of decomposing, moss-covered stuffed animals and dolls guard this swinging truss.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

Honoring the adaptive athlete's Marathon of Hope.

This institution celebrates the happy accidents of uncommon sticktoitiveness.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

A giant granite cross remembers missionary Father Frederic Baraga, and his safe passage across an angry Lake Superior.