This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

This small stone building, the final work of a renowned artist, offers a peaceful environment with radiant, colorful glass windows .

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

The beginnings of one of America's most famous military officers.

The longest of the four remaining covered bridges in Missouri.

This tiny tropical village was sick of anonymity so the locals made this sign, which actually changed the name of the town.

This replica small town lets visitors take a stroll through the story of progress in the U.S. via thousands of Americana artifacts.

For one month, the fields and skies of Gibbon, Nebraska, come alive with one of the largest gatherings of sandhill cranes in North America.

This museum started by a curious collector is now a place for believers and skeptics alike.

This bird statue was created to mark the site of a radio transmitter.

Metal sculpture folk art lining the Kansas Highway.

The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.

The remains of a World War II-era Japanese American internment camp dot a windswept Colorado hill.

The hallowed ground of one of the worst atrocities in United States history.

The largest mural in the world painted by a single artist.

After retiring, Gary Pendergrass turned his yard into a wonderland of outsider art.

This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.