One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

Monument to a forgotten NYC disaster that claimed the lives of 1,000.

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

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

This spot in St. Louis, marked with a simple sign, has seen more pro baseball than just about anywhere else in the world.

An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

One of the world's earliest skyscrapers.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

Nestled in Onondaga State Park, over 100 canoes carefully stacked in a replica of the famous standing stones.

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

Kansas's Grassroots Art Capital welcomes visitors to Lucas through its very own World's Largest Thing.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

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

An old tree that is the final resting place for many pair of shoes.

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."

This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

Two Ming Dynasty lion statues guard the entrance to the journalism school.