A Kansas grassroots sculptor decorates the local roadways with his sculptures made from found objects.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

This pun was simply waiting to come to life, and one defense contractor made it so.

Local legend says that someone is buried in the trunk.

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

This public park was the site of the largest civilian disaster of the Civil War.

In the country around Buttonwillow, California, a marker commemorates a revealing moment in the story of a water colony from the fictional Kcymaerxthaere that sought independence.

One of the largest fleets of armored vehicles in the world, sitting out in the California desert.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

Two distinctive homes on a New England village green look like a couple of frosted wedding cakes.

The highest point in Nevada had to be decided by court order after California tried to claim it as their own.

Micro-distillery in Brooklyn produces New York’s first homemade rum since Prohibition.

An unconventional space for art and science housed in a massive old warehouse.

This lovely pocket park is one of the most under appreciated in D.C.

New York's unstoppable progress turned this cemetery into the smallest burial ground in the city.

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

Solving a 60-year mystery finally gave a name to the young woman known only by the color of her clothes.

This replica small town lets visitors take a stroll through the story of progress in the U.S. via thousands of Americana artifacts.

The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.

This historic Jewish cemetery sits right in the heart of a Detroit car factory.

Get a taste of the Wild West and a glimpse into the gold rush in Goldfield's oldest continually-running business.

The easiest way to the highest point in Wyoming is only accessible via one hefty fee.

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.