This structure among the trees was the result of divine inspiration.

In the hometown of the Grand Ole Opry star is a larger-than-life memorial statue made entirely from chicken wire.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.

An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

Symbolic attempt to overcome the issues of life.

This small-town park in southern Illinois has a 1,000,000-gallon swimming pool and a 100,000-barrel oil well.

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

The park that the Chicago Stockyards built.

While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.

This abandoned 19th century orphanage started as a boarding school for children of Civil War veterans.

Crumbling Kennedys and a decaying Tecumseh are just some of the haunting remains of one man's cement art trail.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

This subterranean disco dance club in a Cuban cave comes with bright lights and a dark legend.

An old slave lookout in Cuba's historic sugar cane fields.

A nuclear power plant abandoned along with an international allegience.

A series of five defunct panopticon prisons in Cuba.

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

After the Cuban Revolution, the famous rum company had to leave their swanky headquarters behind.

In terms of history and architecture, this is one of the most remarkable cemeteries in the world.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.