Oldest synagogue in the United States.

Retirement home where the actress who played the Wicked Witch of the West passed away.

The iconic remains of the original Academic Hall that burned down in 1892.

This waterfront museum in Maine is dedicated to the history of the smoked-herring trade.

Sculptures, jams, and the wild west collide at this folksy retreat.

A Mormon place of exile in Missouri.

One of few surviving standpipe water towers in the U.S.

A gem in the small Missouri town where Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" and effectively began the Cold War.

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

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

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