Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.

A museum devoted to osteopathy and its creator, Andrew Still.

A sculpture of a giant man escaping from the depths of the Earth.

A floating museum that was sunk by a flood and left to rot in the tides.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

This museum located in the "Corn Cob Pipe Capital of the World," chronicles the history of cob pipe.

When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.

This curious headstone is labeled simply as "The Queen."

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

The obelisk meant to mark the founding father's grave at Monticello is actually on the University of Missouri campus.

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

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

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

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

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

This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.

University City's quirkiest resident lives in a park named after its first.

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.

This 40-foot fowl marks the so-called "wild goose capital of the world."

Destroyed by flood waters, prison now serves as a training ground for armed forces.

The man who was president for only one day and spent most of it asleep.

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.

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