A subterranean haunt where wine and homemade biscottis are always on the menu.

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

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

The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.

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

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

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

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

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

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

A prison-like structure guards the remains of a notorious Old West outlaw.

Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.

A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.

The petroleum industry brings you the joys of hydrocarbons and largest collection of antique oil rigs in the world.

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

The house that Southern rock built now stands as a monument to one of the genre's favorite families.

From golden eagles to peregrine falcons, this rehabilitation and education center is a haven for birds of prey.

This historic sunny-yellow building has an unfortunate connection to the sinking of the Titanic.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.