Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

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

Over 600 vacuum cleaners stack the shelves of what may be the cleanest museum in America.

This Kansas City studio was home to Walt Disney's first animation business.

A cave 150 feet beneath Kansas City is the perfect climate for growing 10,000 delicate orchids.

Tucked away between two 19th-century buildings, this small shop specializes in the macabre.

In the Compton Hill Reservoir Park sits a statue whose lack of clothing caused a scandal for the group that commissioned it.

When Joseph Marconnott died, he had a unique final wish: to be mummified and put on display.

The creator of the Kewpie doll's former home has been turned into a museum celebrating her life and work.

A historic, scenic mill that was forced to close due to overlogging.

This mausoleum is the final resting place of one of St. Louis's richest and most tragic families.

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

A wax effigy of St. Valentine hides one of the saint's relics.

Often referred to as the largest spring in America.

A small town garden is dedicated to a psychic dog with the most soulful eyes.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

During the 19th-century, this park was a vital trading fort.

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

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.