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

The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.

A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

Pizza with a side of fine art.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

This bridge was constructed from the remains of the first Ferris wheel.

Indiana's shrine to the sport that has become a hallmark of their culture.

This memorial to the Mercury Seven astronaut stands at the site of his former elementary school.

One of the first schools in the U.S. to admit students without regard to race or gender.

This turn of the century jail once held Charles Manson.

An unknown number of cholera victims are buried in two nondescript graves.

A singular collection of hand-built art deco cars are held in a building with style to match.

The lynching and burial site of America's first train robbers.

The farm where one of America's greatest leaders was raised is now a well-appointed landmark.