The ruins of a 19th century shelter run by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

This ostentatious Italianate palace of an Oklahoma billionaire is filled with several themed mini-museums.

A larger-than-life monument to the overlooked women who braved Western expansion and broke down societal barriers.

These massive mitts are made of 30 tons of devotional bronze.

Final resting place of Geronimo, Quanah Parker, and the first atomic gun ever fired.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.

This simple home was the beginning of a long journey for the iconic Western film star.

Millions of dollars worth of sculpture decorate this Iowa city center.

Amazing taxidermy dioramas from the 1960s in a cement building meant to look like an ice cave.

A collection of outdoor art by renowned muralist Robert Dafford depicts the history of a flooded city.

This huge clock made of flowers and simple machinery was once used a political weapon.

This grave marks the final resting place of a legendary frontiersman... unless it doesn't.

This modern castle sat empty for decades before a fire inspired its builders to complete its luxury halls.

The world's longest known cave system.

Smack in the midst of coal country, this collection provides a peoples' history of Appalachian miners' heritage.

This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

An abandoned 1920s school with a mysterious history.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.