This historic church is named for abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher and the ruse to arm his fellow abolitionists.

This historic cliffside mansion uses a natural cave for air conditioning.

A number of gruesome unsolved murders have turned this simple home into a morbid tourist trap.

Another in a long tradition of legends regarding infernal seats.

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

A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.

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

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

The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.

An Englishman loses his scalp to a Cheyenne warrior and lives to donate it to a library.

The notorious couple camped at this site after a bloody shootout with police.

These experimental weapons brought World War II to Nebraska as well as 26 other U.S. states.

An ornate Art Deco tile mosaic representing Nebraskan life, both modern and prehistoric.

An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.

Cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.

An Iowa town celebrates its heritage with the tallest working Dutch windmill in North America.

Two Ming Dynasty lion statues guard the entrance to the journalism school.

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

The “American Gothic" artist's largest works hang in an Iowa State University library.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.