A wonderland of folk art including the World’s Largest Grit. 

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

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.

Hidden amid a collection of trails is the site of a tragic crash.

This wooded grove of beautiful hand-built stone grottos is a hidden gem within a shuttered Franciscan monastery.

An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.

Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.

The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.

A flat slab of stone perched hundreds of feet above the Gasconade River in the northern Ozark mountains.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

Pizza with a side of fine art.