Madrid, Iowa
High Trestle Trail Bridge
A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.
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Madrid, Iowa
A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.
Havana, Cuba
No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.
Port Byron, Illinois
A 30-foot man on a penny-farthing bicycle rides along the banks of the Mississippi.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Cat art as far as the eye can see.
Tupelo, Mississippi
This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.
Senoia, Georgia
This ever-changing arrangement of naked dolls even caught the attention of "The Walking Dead" crew.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.
Tallahassee, Florida
The Tallahassee Airport serves over half a million passengers a year and is home to some permanent residents too.
Maggie Valley, North Carolina
A museum celebrating rare American motorcycles where everything runs—and none of it quietly.
Elberton, Georgia
A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.
Hawthorne, Florida
This impeccably preserved farmstead is a time capsule of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist's life.
Cedar Key, Florida
This salad has two key ingredients: hearts of palm and green ice cream.
Seale, Alabama
A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.
Buena Vista, Georgia
This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.
Lumpkin, Georgia
Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.
Andersonville, Georgia
The site of the notorious Camp Sumter Prison is now a peaceful memorial.
Plains, Georgia
This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.
White Springs, Florida
The abandoned bathhouse is all that remains of the hot springs considered Florida's original tourist attraction.
White Springs, Florida
This museum honors the composer of “Swannee Ribber.”
Marianna, Florida
The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.
Ashburn, Georgia
A massive tribute to this small county's top agricultural product.
Crawfordville, Florida
Off of the Crawfordville Highway in Florida, nature is taking back this decrepit row of Ford trucks.
Crawfordville, Florida
One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.
Quincy, Florida
How Quincy, Florida became the richest town per capita due to one man's shrewd business acumen and taste for fizzy drinks.