This defunct, fortress-like prison has been the setting for several movies.

In the mid-20th century, a tamale-slinging juke joint attracted a diverse clientele in the Mississippi Delta.

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.

Peak named for an old man who liked to run in the nude.

An abandoned early-20th-century boomtown sits within the Calico Rock city limits.

Instead of becoming a power plant, this abandoned complex became a massive letdown.

A restored, one-room African-American schoolhouse in the diva's hometown now preserves the legacy of its most famous student.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

The first full-scale tunnel built in America is short but scenic.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

Over a dozen Native American earth mounds dating back over 2,000 years dot this Tennessee archaeological park.

Hiding behind a grocery store is a spectacular cavern carved as part of an old limestone quarry.

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

Once known as the Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane.

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

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.

Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.