A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

A hidden barn-sized rendition of Grant Wood's most famous, and most parodied, painting.

Remnants of a quarry company town still stand on the banks of the Wapsipinicon River.

One of just a few cities in the world to base their center of government on an island. Others: Paris and Osaka.

Elaborate hand-carved wooden clocks two brothers made in their spare time are on display at this handsome little museum.

This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.

A century-old cabin off of Highway 30 touts an unusual construction material: dinosaur bones.

Thanks to both terrific preservation and historic vandalism this ancient site is known as the "Heart of Neolithic Orkney."

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

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

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

Believe It or Not, Ripley once called this chiseled mountainside “New York’s Mount Rushmore”.

This encrypted monolith protected a secret of Norse mythology by hiding in a church wall for over a millennium.

Most comprehensive museum in America devoted to one ethnic group.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

The museum moved on, but the diorama remain.