One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.

Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

The world's longest known cave system.

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

World's largest Christmas store.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

This shallow cave got its name from copious amount of human bones found inside.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

One of the largest crucifixes in the world stands 55 feet tall in a secluded, wooded area of northern Michigan.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.