Eternal resting place of the grave robber and murderer who served as inspiration for many of cinema’s famous madmen.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

The remnants of this Douglas fir predate Columbus's arrival in North America.

These rural ruins are of a Midwestern hotel that was once an elegant spa for the wealthy, then a gangster’s hideaway, and finally a haunted retreat.

A lovely hidden waterfall right off the highway is well worth a stop.

A statue honors the genius who allegedly first took a meatball and made it into a hamburger.

This monolithic statue was erected in honor of Chief Black Hawk (even if it wasn't made to look like him).

This 4,000-acre restored grassland in northern Illinois is home to a range of native flora and fauna, from clovers to plovers to a herd of bison.

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Moonbows over Kentucky.

One of the Cemestos prefab homes built to secretly house thousands of Manhattan Project workers.

Once a gas station, this flightless airplane beside the Old Dixie Highway now houses a barbershop.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

Life-size statues of characters from 'The Wizard of Oz' stand at the one of the early screening sites for the 1939 movie.

Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.

Most comprehensive museum in America devoted to one ethnic group.

Giant six-pack could provide one person a six-pack a day for 3,351 years.

Elaborate hand-carved wooden clocks two brothers made in their spare time are on display at this handsome little museum.