An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

No matter what the plaque under this massive legume says, this is not the world's largest peanut.

This abandoned building made of petrified wood was once a hotspot for buying moonshine.

“The Cajun Music Capital of the World” has kept things French in a Louisiana prairie town for over 75 years.

A museum within a former train depot tells the true story of a distinctly French-Louisiana musical genre.

This colorful theme park dedicated the official fruit of Maine serves sweet, tasty treats.

This waterfront museum in Maine is dedicated to the history of the smoked-herring trade.

A quarter mile off the coastal tip of Maine you'll find the "Beloved Island" of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

The 32nd president's sprawling cottage sits on an island enclave jointly managed by the U.S. and Canada.

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

A graveyard of bathyspheres and diving bells paints a weirdly accurate account of ocean exploration's rickety history.

The bridge continues the legacy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal policy.

This Lady Liberty is the oldest replica of its kind outside the state of New York.

The Man In Black grew up in a large agrarian community established by the federal government in the Great Depression.

Kentucky's anomalous peninsula projecting into the Mississippi River, site of legendary earthquakes and local feuds.

Together they left this world, and together they shall remain for all eternity.

This small Arkansas town once had a close encounter with the Beatles, and are determined never to let anyone forget that. Ever.

In Parr Park, thousands of painted rocks line this walking trail.

A few times a day, you can see an animatronic cowboy shoot-out.

A quirky collection of old chairs fills a random vacant lot in suburban Texas.

A massive collection of rare and antique books in a tiny ranching community in northern Texas.

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.