This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

This 16th-century cemetery became a recreational park during the Soviet occupation—today it's a little bit of both.

A former imperial sea-fortress and Soviet prison.

A statue honors the genius who allegedly first took a meatball and made it into a hamburger.

The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.

Millions of dollars worth of sculpture decorate this Iowa city center.

The “American Gothic" artist's largest works hang in an Iowa State University library.

Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.

A comprehensive archive of Hallmark Holiday ornaments.

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

Inside the Wayne County airport is an amazing collection of lights and sounds.

An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.

A former nuclear facility during the Cold War turned nature preserve.

This maze-like, oceanfront gift shop—the nation’s largest— has been serving kitsch to the Myrtle Beach community for over 80 years.

A Portland legend tells of small green archers shooting random passersby with visionary arrows.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

A tribute to a unique bike race that takes place every year.

This Czar-funded, onion-domed, lavishly muraled Orthodox Church played a starring role in "The Deer Hunter."

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

The unique location where the former president was rapidly sworn in.