An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

This abandoned Abraham Lincoln statue has also earned the honorary of "World's Ugliest."

This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.

The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.

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.

A funhouse dummy that turned out to be a real life mummy, Elmer McCurdy is an urban legend come true.

A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

This national park dedicated to the tallgrass prairie ecosystem still displays its military past.

Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.

This tower-tomb honors a president who only held office for a little over a month but dedicated his life to his country.

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

A former 19th-century tavern, famous for its peach brandy and honey concoction.

The world's longest known cave system.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.

This curio museum seems like the type of place you might find a mogwai or a monkey's paw.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.