The symbol was surreptitiously built into the river bank by German prisoners of war.

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

This abandoned building made of petrified wood was once a hotspot for buying moonshine.

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

This museum collects over a century of automobile history including the iconic car from The Muppet Movie.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

An idyllic mineral hot springs facility with a more-than checkered past.

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

A large circus museum with summer performances.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

The first artificial white water river course in North America cuts right through an Indiana city.

Moonbows over Kentucky.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

This abandoned bridge is now a favorite haunt for graffiti artists.

Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.