Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

This Wild West attraction is probably more fiction than history, but that doesn't mean it's not awesome.

A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.

This Italianate Villa-style castle is pretty to look at, just keep off the private property.

A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.

The first home of the doomed aviatrix Amelia Earhart.

The remains of this visionary community can still be found much as it was a century ago.

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

Rabbit Hash is a heaping slice of Americana from another era, with a very peculiar origin behind its unusual name.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

A pink cottage covered in hearts served as a haven and a resting place for LGBTQ activists.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.