The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

In a pedestrian tunnel on North Carolina State’s campus resides an expressive and artistic free-for-all.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

Home to a timed geyser created by complete accident.

Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

The Binghamton area is home to six of the last remaining hand-carved vintage carousels.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

This natural spring not only claims to heal the wounded but it has also been willed to God.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

This dynamic entertainment venue brings a much-needed funkiness to the region with its bizarre art, eclectic films screenings, and peculiar performance pieces.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

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