Elgin, Nebraska
Bells of the Prairie
More than 150 working bells from churches and one-room-schoolhouses across the Great Plains are assembled in one man's yard.
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Elgin, Nebraska
More than 150 working bells from churches and one-room-schoolhouses across the Great Plains are assembled in one man's yard.
Fort Sumner, New Mexico
The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.
Grand Island, Nebraska
Whimsical cartoon cars suspended on posts soar over an automotive shop.
Grapevine, Texas
In Parr Park, thousands of painted rocks line this walking trail.
New Haven, Connecticut
This statue honors a pillar of the early New Haven Black community.
Austin, Texas
Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.
Rogers, Arkansas
Learn all about this iconic air rifle without putting an eye out.
Dallas, Texas
This sculpture of a bowler hat is complemented by a matching umbrella a few blocks away.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
These mysterious ruins are hidden amid this sleepy coastal city.
Los Angeles, California
This grand memorial remembers the 20 members of the Los Angeles Times killed when the office was bombed.
Durand, Michigan
This memorial honors the performers who died when two trains collided.
Corbin, Kentucky
The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Wichita, Kansas
The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.
Irving, Texas
This strategically-placed fountain creates the magnificent illusion of mustangs galloping across a river.
St. Louis, Missouri
This mausoleum is the final resting place of one of St. Louis's richest and most tragic families.
Plano, Texas
This family cemetery is a reminder of a smallpox outbreak in late-19th-century Texas.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Kelliher, Minnesota
A memorial to a larger-than-life legend, inside a county that also holds Bunyan's death certificate.
Quincy, Massachusetts
This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
This monument marks the beginning journey of a wounded soldier's leg that ended up almost two states away.
Madison, Wisconsin
A renowned Civil War veteran, this Bald eagle now presides over the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.
Austin, Texas
This unassuming North Austin neighborhood was built to test the novel idea of home air conditioning.