First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

Thousands of jack o'lanterns light up Halloween at this historic West Virginia home.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.

A collection of outdoor art by renowned muralist Robert Dafford depicts the history of a flooded city.

This tiny historic jail along Route 66 is the perfect fit for exactly one criminal and their partner-in-crime.

This national park dedicated to the tallgrass prairie ecosystem still displays its military past.

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

This former nursery supplied plants for the creation of Chicago's largest park.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The first dish to bounce radio signals off the Moon, it was the forerunner to the U.S. Space Program.