Circleville is seriously smitten with this giant gourd.

Picturesque and haunting, these 160-year-old stone ruins on top of a bluff are the only remains of a settler's legacy.

Amtrak's least-used stop in the entire country sits in a tiny West Texas town.

The beginning of the historic Iditarod Trail connecting the Alaskan cities of Seward and Nome.

A 200-year-old live oak on the banks of Lake Pontchartrain.

This municipal sundial has been keeping time along Tacoma's Commencement Bay since 1978.

Some believe this tree to be more than 1,500 years old.

The source of America's longest river is also a historical landmark and the start of a famous nude run.

Stand at the point where the two mightiest rivers in the United States converge.

An improbable water gap where the West Walker River, paralleled by a state highway, crosses the Singatse Range between Smith and Mason Valleys.

Raised high above the Cimarron River, this 1,268-foot rail bridge followed a half-century of trainwrecks, bridge collapses, and an abandoned town.

Hike the ruins of a zoo that was shut down by an unsolved murder.

This enthusiast-led facility is the only museum in the country dedicated to the preservation of weather artifacts.

This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.

Where Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird created their "heroes in a half shell" and founded Mirage Studios.

He’s not from around here.

Intricate, eye-catching, award-winning rubber sculptures liven up this Pennsylvania town.

A massive portrait of Abraham Lincoln created with approximately 24,500 pennies.

Dedicated to the humanitarian efforts of the state's former governor.

A well-preserved example from a 1920s network of airmail navigation arrows sits near Interstate 15 in southern Nevada.

It bustled briefly in the late 1860s, but little is now left at this stage stop on the Hamilton/Pioche Stage and Freight Road

Built in 1981 in collaboration with Andy Warhol, this giant piece of pop art stands on the campus of Colorado State University.

It's hip to be square in Iola, home of the largest town square in the United States.

What began as a prominent Burning Man art piece is now an iconic symbol of downtown Reno.