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

In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.

Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.

Local legend says that someone is buried in the trunk.

An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

Planes, trains, and automobiles have all been sunk as attractions at this Illinois diving spot.

The site of the one of the most deadly train wrecks in American history.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

A collection of outdoor art by renowned muralist Robert Dafford depicts the history of a flooded city.

The body of an unidentified woman, visible through a glass coffin, was discovered by accident.

Crumbling Kennedys and a decaying Tecumseh are just some of the haunting remains of one man's cement art trail.

A whimsical folk art garden full of punny pieces and a diorama containing 3,500 toys.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

A key producer of charcoal iron in the early 1800s, the structure still stands today.

The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

This Tennessee museum is dedicated to a tragic railroad hero who inspired the famous ballad that bears his name.

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

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

The highest point in Mississippi is a hilltop that was once used to bombard a nearby town with artillery.