When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

An immense cave that has served as an outlaw's treasure trove, an underground dance hall, a nuclear fallout shelter, and much more.

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

Explore this unspoiled peninsula with 11 sandy beaches and 13 miles of hiking and biking trails (keep an eye out for soaring bald eagles overhead).

Climb the first lighthouse commissioned on a Great Lake to a lookout with peaceful, panoramic views.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

This two-room factory has been cranking out the musical signifier of zaniness for a century.

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

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

The 10th-tallest pyramid in the world, this former sports arena is now home to a massive Bass Pro Shops store.

This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.

The only depiction of Abraham Lincoln holding a weapon, and the names of all 9,000 Cuyahoga veterans of the Civil War.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

Joseph and Victor Stanzel were Texas farm boys who built a model aircraft empire.

The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.

The oldest functional consecrated church on Mustang Island.

The Pennsylvania landscape depicted by a quarter mile of mosaics made from used road signs.

Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.

A tunnel that brings more than a century of history to life from the deepest parts of the Niagara Gorge.

A piece of baseball history is preserved in a Pittsburgh parking lot.

This spot memorializes one of the greatest plays in NFL history, unless you happen to be a Raiders fan.