In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

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

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

Every year, a Louisiana town remembers a brief Civil War truce inspired by Masonic brotherhood.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

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

More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.

The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."

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

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A stone face watches over the river.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.

A palatial art deco restroom.

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.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

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