The ruins of a creative scholar's fantastical unfinished sanctuary act as his massive gravestone.

The so-called "world's shortest river" is actually a window into a cave.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

This former Union fort commands a fine view of downtown Cape Girardeau and the Mississippi River.

Behind the Cowboy Hall of Fame is a burial ground for good horses and a famed rodeo bull.

This small museum contains fossils from an era when Kansas was underwater.

This sacred space and gathering spot for the Wyandot Nation has been the surrounded by controversy and confusion.

Site of the 1926 murder trial of Ernest Burkhart who was involved in the "Reign of Terror."

The largest land animal skull ever discovered.

A peculiar forest that was handcrafted for government experiments.

Every year, a Louisiana town remembers a brief Civil War truce inspired by Masonic brotherhood.

The only place to see live frogs don pigtails and top hats, then eat their scrumptious legs.

The short-lived history of a new republic and British control in West Florida.

One of the last remaining venues on the Old Chitlin’ Circuit is a kaleidoscopic music hall at the end of a dirt road.

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

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.