For over a century, it was a crucial center of mental health treatment and also the source of many local legends.

Elaborate drama imparts an appreciation for 19th century hardships.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

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

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

During the 1990's nearly all of the world's LSD is thought to have come from the operators of the lab once located in this missile silo.

A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.

This lesser-known geographic marker was the reference point for all surveys of the continent for 75 years.

The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.

A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.

A failed utopian experiment for British expats in the American South is now a Victorian village frozen in time.