The Trappist monk, prophet-poet, and rebel never really got to live out the eremitic life he was seeking.

Kentucky's longest operating jail is now a spooky spot to spend the night.

A small wooden boat once owned by legendary actor Errol Flynn sits inside this Oklahoma gas station.

Only museum dedicated to women pilots, with personal artifacts from Amelia Earhart and other aviatrixes.

This stone is a marker of one millionaire's personal vendetta against gravity.

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.

Dinosaurs invade a suburban Nashville neighborhood.

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

Former wax museum from the 1960s, home to many wax U.S. Presidents and the famous White House miniature.

In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.

The modest, restored home of the legendary ragtime musician John William "Blind" Boone.

The surprising home of the iconic Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel.

The modest childhood home where the baseball legend and Yankees star learned to hit from both sides of the plate.

This highway overpass was named after the tragic disappearance of a young mother who got mixed up with the wrong people.

The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.

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

Built from oil field parts and resembling a teepee, this abandoned mid-century church is hoping for a comeback.

This little slice of old Jerusalem in Oklahoma is the evolution of a 90 year old passion play.

This ostentatious Italianate palace of an Oklahoma billionaire is filled with several themed mini-museums.

When you can afford only half a road, you build only half a road.

The largest land animal skull ever discovered.

This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.