In rural Iowa, an imported 19th-century windmill overlooks an unlikely enclave of Danish culture.

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.

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

A gem in the small Missouri town where Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" and effectively began the Cold War.

Lone survivor from Custer's Last Stand forever preserved.

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

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

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

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

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

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

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

A small town garden is dedicated to a psychic dog with the most soulful eyes.

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

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

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

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

In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

Even with its slightly risible name this colossal cross is still able to inspire awe.

One of the largest carillons in the world, this giant instrument has 67 cast-iron bells played by a keyboard.

The world's largest man-made underground caverns offer unparalleled underwater wonders.