When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

Rabbit Hash is a heaping slice of Americana from another era, with a very peculiar origin behind its unusual name.

The world's longest known cave system.

The carved remains of a 200-year-old oak tree memorialize the namesake of the iconic "Wizard of Oz" character.

A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.

One of the oldest and tallest lighthouses still in service on Lake Michigan.

A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

A local prank turned town icon.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.

World's largest Christmas store.

The modest childhood home where the baseball legend and Yankees star learned to hit from both sides of the plate.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

Romance fans worldwide make the pilgrimage to this group of historic covered bridges in rural Iowa.

This 16-foot-diameter wooden coin has been standing in Iowa City since 2006.

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

In rural Iowa, an imported 19th-century windmill overlooks an unlikely enclave of Danish culture.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.