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This massive marble memorial was built bit by bit either out of devotion or spite, but at the expense of the surrounding town.

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.

An unassuming house in Wisconsin hides a transient artist’s magnum opus.

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

This quirky museum has a collection of more than 15,000 bobblehead dolls.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Birds with backpacks expedite film development for a rafting company on a remote Colorado river.

This lesser-known geographic marker was the reference point for all surveys of the continent for 75 years.

A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.

Only a few signs remain of the buried Colorado mining town that supplied the uranium for the first atomic bomb.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

This 100-foot tall bluff located in the western plains of Kansas overlooks a massive reservoir.

This mid-19th-century dugout was once home to a Swedish family as they erected their homestead.

During the 19th-century, this park was a vital trading fort.

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

This restored farmhouse is a time capsule of a 19th-century Colorado homestead.

An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.

With over 5,000 champions, the Hall of Fame continues to draw amateur eaters.

Housed in the university planetarium, the thousand-strong collection of tiny towelettes includes a used one from the hosts of Car Talk.

This lovely public park has an intriguing past and unique wooden bridges made of concrete.

This abandoned bridge to nowhere stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb.