An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.

This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

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

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

A big museum full of little worlds.

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

An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.

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

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

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

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

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

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

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

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

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

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

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

A reclusive Memphis neighborhood is home to decades worth of misunderstood Masonic folk art.