This hidden jockey “walk of fame” celebrates the winning riders of the Kentucky Derby.

The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

Plymouth's huge yet little-known memorial to the Pilgrims.

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

No Gordon Lightfoot song, only a barebones monument to greed.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

One of 100 “Whaling Wall" murals painted in 13 different countries by a renowned marine life artist.

Clean, cold drinking water flows from a nondescript pipe in a roadside rock face.

According to folklore, Vermont's slanted windows were installed to keep witches from flying into the house.

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

This Old Testament garden features 100 plants from biblical times.

A larger-than-life statue of America's favorite sundae marks the place it was invented.

These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

This dramatic rail curve was once the target of a failed Nazi attack.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

The ruins of one of the first railroads in the U.S. lie hidden within a neighborhood cul-de-sac.