The modest childhood home where the baseball legend and Yankees star learned to hit from both sides of the plate.

American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.

Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.

This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.

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

A celebration of the animation wizard's childhood home and antique railroad memorabilia collection.

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

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

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

A tribute to a 13-year-old boy who was kidnapped in 1793 and escaped over two years later.

A rural hall of justice holds the world's only comic book and superhero museum.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

The home used in just a few seconds of film that came to define the setting of a hit sitcom.

This unassuming home was once “grand central station” for the Underground Railroad.

This library and museum is dedicated to the life and literature of the Indianapolis native author.

The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.

A turn-of-the-century architectural marvel built on healing mineral springs and salt licks.

Lions and tigers and leopards, servals, pumas, bobcats, lynxes, and ocelots... oh my!

One of the greatest boxers and humanitarians to ever live chose his hometown as his final resting place.

The grave of the iconic Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot features a bust of the man behind the goatee.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage train station tiles.