An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.

The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.

This historic cliffside mansion uses a natural cave for air conditioning.

In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.

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

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

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

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

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

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

This naturally-sourced hot spring is now home to a clothing-optional resort.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.