Rumored to have tormented a family in the late 1960s, this toy now resides in a quiet little oddities shop.

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

One of only two pod-shaped homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Amazing taxidermy dioramas from the 1960s in a cement building meant to look like an ice cave.

One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.

Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.

An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

A gem in the small Missouri town where Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" and effectively began the Cold War.

Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.

The above-ground crypts at this Catholic cemetery face north-south instead of the usual east-west.

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

A Rodeo for Prisoners.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.

The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.

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

The ruins of a 19th century shelter run by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.

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

Undone by Prohibition, this abandoned brewery-turned-flour mill is now ready for its third act.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.