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

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

The oldest bar in Missouri is hidden within a limestone brewery cellar more than 50 feet underground.

A flat slab of stone perched hundreds of feet above the Gasconade River in the northern Ozark mountains.

The obelisk meant to mark the founding father's grave at Monticello is actually on the University of Missouri campus.

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

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

Nestled in Onondaga State Park, over 100 canoes carefully stacked in a replica of the famous standing stones.

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."

The scuba diving training facility was named for the steam that rises from the cave's chimney.

What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.

Two hula hoops appeared on the tree after a storm, and the collection kept growing.

One of just a few cities in the world to base their center of government on an island. Others: Paris and Osaka.

The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.

The magazine keeps a perfectly groomed display garden for its photo shoots.

This simple home was the beginning of a long journey for the iconic Western film star.

An Iowa town celebrates its heritage with the tallest working Dutch windmill in North America.

Eight feet in diameter and more than 24 feet around.

The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.

The notorious couple camped at this site after a bloody shootout with police.

While there are no actual snakes in the history of this crooked road, there may be a number of dead horses.

Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.

A mysteriously dark cemetery monument fuels stories and legends galore.

An eclectic assortment of medieval architecture in a small Iowa town.