Places Edited by salmson2a2

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

One of the oldest of its kind.

This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.

Connecticut's shot tower is near the end of its life.

The world's tallest shot tower—maybe.

A 168-foot tower, part of the abandoned Chester Leadworks facility.

An ongoing medieval tradition of communal pig husbandry is honored with a handsome granite sculpture.

Hidden inside this Arizona fast food franchise is an in-depth exhibit on the famed WWII counterintelligence program.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.

This Minnesota town celebrated the state's 100-year anniversary by creating a massive ode to nature's smartest bird.

A strange rock in Chicago marks the spot where a tree once stood in honor of the 18th President.

Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.

A stoic rock cairn is all that remains to remember one of the more brutal instances of frontier treachery in American history.

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.

Erroneously called the world's tallest flagpole, this landmark is devoted to "good neighborliness."

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

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.

This strangely specific landmark will let travelers know when they are half way there.