The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

Home to fossils and other specimens from the Western Interior Seaway.

Once an ancient sea, this landscape of rocky ravines is filled with the fossils of ancient marine life.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.

The large rock formation where the Shawnee prophet Tenskwatawa stood and encouraged his warriors during the Battle of Tippecanoe.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

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

This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.

A giant toy jack made of numerous welded-together fire hydrants.

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.

Lake Champlain Bridge, the recently demolished and rebuilt bridge where they filmed "What Lies Beneath".

Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.

A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

This impressive working clock made of 16,000 plants changes its flowers twice a year.

An elaborate memorial to a man local legend says died of a broken heart.

This restored house is like a time capsule of the president's unconventional inauguration.

This former hub for crafty philosophers was founded by a writer who died aboard the infamous RMS Lusitania.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

This blue behemoth of a bear is a colorful homage to Brown University's mascot.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

More than 200 unconventional musical instruments that anyone can play.