The famous Beatle secretly visited this Illinois town several times to visit his sister.

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

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

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

This Wild West attraction is alive with glitching automatons.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

Terraced flowerbeds and rock sculptures in the midst of the Minnesota wilderness.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

Built in 1933, this unique ballroom is nicknamed the "floating dance floor."

Dakota legend claims this locally iconic pinnacle was once part of a sacred burial site that was cleaved in two.

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.