The ruined remains of an early hydroelectric dam.

America's silhouette includes 100 square miles of wilderness jutting into Canada thanks to an old mapmaking error.

Home to a 26-foot-tall statue of an American icon.

Where you can photograph wild black bears without worrying about becoming dinner.

A futuristic climate change study is nestled deep within this public land.

This bright yellow building is packed with sweet treats from all around the world, from chocolate-covered crickets to whoopie pies.

The cliff and rock formations are made out of Sioux Quartzite.

This metal shop's yard is filled with cutout art including an Eiffel Tower replica and Noah's Arch.

The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.

On the side of Arkansas' Great River Road stand the remains of a forgotten World War II POW Camp.

This Little Rock legend has survived decades of rowdy crowds, three fires, and a zombie wedding.

A short boardwalk through a swamp leads to the spot from which the Louisiana Purchase was surveyed.

The centerpiece of the Delta Blues Museum is a wooden sharecropper’s cabin that once housed a titan of blues music.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

Memorials are nearly all that remains of this Arkansas prison camp, where thousands of Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated during World War II.

A museum within a former train depot tells the true story of a distinctly French-Louisiana musical genre.

The longest of the four remaining covered bridges in Missouri.

This 40-foot fowl marks the so-called "wild goose capital of the world."

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

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

A small museum dedicated to the whimsical tool that turns sugar cookies into works of art.

This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.

Three markers installed over the course of 140 years mark the point where Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma converge.

A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.