The farm where one of America's greatest leaders was raised is now a well-appointed landmark.

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.

$10,000 won in a poker game in 1884 allowed James Draughon to build this intriguing home.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

A larger-than-life monument to the overlooked women who braved Western expansion and broke down societal barriers.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

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

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

The collection is housed in an exquisite mansion that makes you feel like you've been transported to an Italian villa.

A half-size replica of the World Trade Center towers above Tulsa.

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

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

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

One of America's first planned communities is preserved in a state park.

Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

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

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.