In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.

The remains of a bustling turn-of-the-century park built to showcase the wonders of electricity.

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

The carved remains of a 200-year-old oak tree memorialize the namesake of the iconic "Wizard of Oz" character.

One of the largest Masonic temples in the world, created at the height of the oil boom in ostentatious style.

This small Arkansas town once had a close encounter with the Beatles, and are determined never to let anyone forget that. Ever.

Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.

A large stone map of Arkansas awaits visitors to its highest point.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.

Despite what scientists think, the town still says this is an extraterrestrial rock.

The dream home of an iconoclastic renaissance man still stands as a monument to his domestically mundane vision.

Today this bizarre rooftop phone booth seems like a piece of kitsch but it was once used to spot disastrous storms.

A collection of 11 million buttons illustrates the human toll of the Holocaust.

The world's third-largest scale model of the planets.

This replica small town lets visitors take a stroll through the story of progress in the U.S. via thousands of Americana artifacts.

Where hills of dirt conceal the burial ground of one of the most powerful ancient Native American societies.

This one-room schoolhouse in rural Arkansas dates to the 1920s, but looks like it could be the 1820s.

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

This rare female version of the Muffler Man has its clothes removed each summer to signal the start of pool season.

A 30-foot man on a penny-farthing bicycle rides along the banks of the Mississippi.

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

The history of funerals and funerary customs.