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

The obelisk meant to mark the founding father's grave at Monticello is actually on the University of Missouri campus.

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

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

The world's largest covered wagon is piloted by a giant Lincoln lawyer.

This bridge made famous in a novel and on-screen wasn't actually built over the river Kwai.

Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.

Khmer Rouge's high security prison.

This rusting remnant of the local herring industry is being given a second life.

This folk art dinosaur was almost pushed to extinction due to lack of a building permit.

Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.

This large cemetery is known as the museum of granite sculptures.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.