Cullman, Alabama
Ave Maria Grotto
A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.
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Cullman, Alabama
A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.
Montevallo, Alabama
Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.
Seale, Alabama
A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.
Haleyville, Alabama
148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.
Millbrook, Alabama
The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.
Chicago, Illinois
A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.
Gays, Illinois
This historic lavatory leftover features two levels of defecation stations completely without context.
Alton, Illinois
This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.
Chicago, Illinois
This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.
Lexington, Mississippi
The body of an unidentified woman, visible through a glass coffin, was discovered by accident.
Claiborne County, Mississippi
An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.
Story City, Iowa
This hand-carved wooden carousel in the Story City North Park was built in 1913.
Memphis, Tennessee
The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.
Bangor, Maine
This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.
Bangor, Maine
The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.
Fort Wayne, Indiana
This grave marks the final resting place of pioneer John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed.
Centerville, Indiana
A giant lumpy candle serves as a beacon for this highly scented pit stop.
Thompson, Ohio
The final resting place of one of the most iconic musicians of the '80s.
Carroll, Ohio
See the nearly two-century-old ruins of pre-railroad America at the former site of a lock on the Ohio and Erie Canal.
Columbus, Ohio
Just outside the Ohio Supreme Court sits a testament to justice.
Delaware, Ohio
A gas station has taken the place of the home of the 19th American President.
North Bend, Ohio
This tower-tomb honors a president who only held office for a little over a month but dedicated his life to his country.
Akron, Ohio
An elegant sandstone stairway built by the WPA still connects two neighborhoods in Akron.
Dayton, Ohio
A headstone tells the sad story of a lost little boy and his pet dog.