An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

This demolished goliath of American industry once loomed over the depressed town it once made thrive.

A train station that was abandoned by the coal industry and was later converted into a cocktail bar.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.

Man-made geyser that rises to the exact height of the Gateway Arch.

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

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

Even with only two residents and one building, this tiny Illinois town is famous for its burgers.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

The legacy of an unsolved, gruesome murder rests beneath the spans of this historic bridge.

The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.

The 40-year-old machine serves soda quicker than you can catch it for a mere 75 cents a pop.

This small-town park in southern Illinois has a 1,000,000-gallon swimming pool and a 100,000-barrel oil well.

This historic lavatory leftover features two levels of defecation stations completely without context.