The Man In Black grew up in a large agrarian community established by the federal government in the Great Depression.

The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.

An abandoned early-20th-century boomtown sits within the Calico Rock city limits.

A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.

This abandoned, windowless concrete block is one of the strangest buildings in Tulsa.

A whimsical tower with a spiral staircase, inspired by the Space Age and the Möbius strip.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

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

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

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

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

A mysterious light of unknown origin on the backroads of Missouri.

Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.

The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.