A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

Claims to be the "World's Highest Hill."

One believer transformed a local curiosity into proof of Vikings on the Great Plains.

No matter what the plaque under this massive legume says, this is not the world's largest peanut.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

After the oysters have been shucked, and the restaurant's been shuttered, the terrazzo sidewalk from the 1940s is all that remains.

A unique post-modern public space in the middle of the Warehouse District in New Orleans.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

World's largest precision optical instrument used to detect Einstein's elusive gravity waves.

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

This 45-story tall abandoned skyscraper is the third tallest building in New Orleans and Lousiana.

Striking images of New Orleans history, including colonizers, soldiers, Klansmen, scientists, sharecroppers, and more, are depicted in frescoes that line the walls of this transportation hub.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

What was once a summer home next to a waterfall has now become littered with graffiti and children in swimsuits.

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

This midcentury chapel is a bold architectural statement and a symbol of Indiana's Lutheran heritage.

This historic library honors the legacy of the British Empire's first children's librarian.

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

A dam that moonlights as a gigantic, brutalist waterslide.

A tribute to one of the most memorable characters from the Transformers movie series.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

A collection of outdoor art by renowned muralist Robert Dafford depicts the history of a flooded city.