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

The 10-foot-tall vegetables belong to Michigan’s first food rescue program.

The site of the one and only battle of Lord Dunmore's War.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

The failure of one component toppled this entire bridge during rush hour.

This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.

This distinctive snowfield on the slopes of a Colorado fourteener has several legendary origin stories.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

Once a slice of Cold War-era military history, this museum is finding its future in the stars.

In the middle of a busy airport, a statue honoring the astronaut who told Houston that Apollo 13 had a problem.

This metal church may or may not have been designed by Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel.

This spot along the 23.5 degree north parallel marks the northern boundary of the tropics.

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

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

Take a dip in the world's largest mineral hot springs pool.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

When it was built in 1929, this historic bridge was the only place to cross the Colorado River for 600 miles.