Destroyed by flood waters, prison now serves as a training ground for armed forces.

The Magic House provides a beautiful and creative environment for curious youngsters to get their knowledge on.

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

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

This wooded grove of beautiful hand-built stone grottos is a hidden gem within a shuttered Franciscan monastery.

A collection of outdoor art by renowned muralist Robert Dafford depicts the history of a flooded city.

Local legend says that someone is buried in the trunk.

An outsider art studio that created a piece of work so popular they had to turn mainstream.

Planes, trains, and automobiles have all been sunk as attractions at this Illinois diving spot.

This odd stone memorial remembers a loyal dog who offended the rail barons with his speed and saved his master with his pee.

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

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

Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.

This century-old roadside attraction is full of bizarre rock formations.

Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.

The Ozarks' strangest dwelling.

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

Even with its slightly risible name this colossal cross is still able to inspire awe.

This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."

Over a dozen Native American earth mounds dating back over 2,000 years dot this Tennessee archaeological park.

The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

This university research project is the U.S. government's weed dealer.