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A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

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

A hidden barn-sized rendition of Grant Wood's most famous, and most parodied, painting.

Millions of dollars worth of sculpture decorate this Iowa city center.

The magazine keeps a perfectly groomed display garden for its photo shoots.

The final resting place of the legendary outlaw.

Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.

This rural roadside cross marks the farthest point of Coronado's expedition, and the place where the Catholic faith first came to America.

Seven flags adorn this Texas museum, one for each of the powers that have ruled the area.

This unique tower has been home to malaria-fighting bats for 100 years.

An 18-foot-tall troll sculpture, made from recycled wood and materials found in nature.

This convenience store-turned-brewpub serves up inventive Indian cuisine and a wide selection of beers.

The preserved wheel ruts of El Camino Real de los Tejas, an 18th-century Spanish colonial road across America's Southwest.

The only international border marker within the United States.

People of the Plum Bayou culture built these enormous mounds over 1,000 years ago.

A short boardwalk through a swamp leads to the spot from which the Louisiana Purchase was surveyed.

In the hometown of the Grand Ole Opry star is a larger-than-life memorial statue made entirely from chicken wire.

Home to the world's largest quilt collection dating from the 1600s through today.

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

A fascinating collection of art made from petrified wood and fossils by two octogenarian twin brothers.

Storage units with a wartime past.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

Meet cowboys and ancient beardogs at this one-of-a-kind crossroads of Western history.

Otherworldly rock formations and ancient fossils abound in this unique stretch of Nebraska badlands.