A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

This curious headstone is labeled simply as "The Queen."

This mansion was made famous by its colorful cast of owners and location along the Sante Fe Trail.

This museum located in the "Corn Cob Pipe Capital of the World," chronicles the history of cob pipe.

The obelisk meant to mark the founding father's grave at Monticello is actually on the University of Missouri campus.

The crumbling remains of the first Black-owned and operated hospital in Kansas City.

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

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

The first rural cemetery west of the Mississippi is home to the elaborate tombs of St. Louis' local beer barons.

The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.

Another in a long tradition of legends regarding infernal seats.

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

The ruins of a 19th century shelter run by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

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

The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.

A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.

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

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.

Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.