Places Edited by SemiruralYeti

A museum where visitors can learn about greyhounds and (more importantly) pet them.

Despite being made of a seashell mortar, the crumbling remains of this historic Florida mill are still standing.

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

World's largest Christmas store.

This Dutch-styled residential building was originally a cocoa company's World's Fair showpiece.

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

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

The world's tallest doric column is this Ohio monument to a naval victory in the War of 1812.

Celebrate the history of the rich and truly misunderstood relationship between man and pigeon.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

This lovely hilltop tower was specifically built to withstand 100 MPH winds.

The 25th President's marble casket can be visited in this classical Ohio tomb.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

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

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

This grave marks the final resting place of a legendary frontiersman... unless it doesn't.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones’ locker.

This tiny Vietnamese village is known for eating snakes and serving their still-beating hearts in shots of vodka.

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.