This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

This friendly fellow was built to honor an advancement in mineral processing.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

A miniature baseball stadium honoring Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, home of the College World Series from 1950-2010.

This massive railroad spike celebrates the 1939 premiere of the movie “Union Pacific.”

A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.

The oldest house in Galena, Illinois, now is a reminder of when this city was the world's lead mining capital.

Dozens of large steel sculptures fill this two-acre park outside a former blacksmith's studio.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.

While there are no actual snakes in the history of this crooked road, there may be a number of dead horses.

The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.

One devoted couple has donated multiple recreations of Michelangelo's sculptures to this South Dakota town.

This was the first homestead registered after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law.

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

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

A home designed to be on the cutting edge of comfortable, low-cost living.

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

These massive mitts are made of 30 tons of devotional bronze.

This abandoned, windowless concrete block is one of the strangest buildings in Tulsa.

One of the best examples of Art Deco architecture in the United States.

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