A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.

This 25-foot-tall gorilla made his way from the Wildwood boardwalk to a Pine Barrens gas station and deli.

This simple home was the beginning of a long journey for the iconic Western film star.

This octagonal rotary jail built in 1889 now serves as a visitor's center.

A Mormon place of exile in Missouri.

Outside the Missouri Quilt Museum, this large spool has more than one million yards of thread—and counting.

The longest of the four remaining covered bridges in Missouri.

A memorial to the Potawatomi chief who allegedly ran nearly 150 miles to alert settlers of an impending attack.

The 92-foot-tall structure is based on the aircraft that carried the first Americans into space.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

In rural Iowa, an imported 19th-century windmill overlooks an unlikely enclave of Danish culture.

Romance fans worldwide make the pilgrimage to this group of historic covered bridges in rural Iowa.

The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.

The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.

The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.

One artist’s scheme to expand museum viewing hours into the evening led to the illumination of an entire city.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

Scary stories haunt this wooden bridge.

A trompe-l'oeil statue honoring the first guide dog in North America.

An office built to look like a giant basket.

This burger joint is named after everyone's favorite carnival prize and is adorned with a giant one over the door.

A gregarious Ohio resident has been building his whimsical temple to peace for decades.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.