This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

A classic carnival ride that was carved to be untouchable.

The author's beautiful and historic home is also a fully functioning goat farm.

Replica of an old Esso filling station, complete with Wayne gravity pump and outhouse.

A charming monument to a very special dog.

This chicken coop pays homage to a classic architectural style made famous throughout the southern United States.

This delightful attraction features over a dozen miniature train layouts which you can operate and interact with.

The highest point in South Carolina was once owned by an energy company that neglected it but now the state is taking it back.

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

The highest point in Louisiana, Driskill Mountain at 535 feet above sea level.

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.

Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.

This historic lavatory leftover features two levels of defecation stations completely without context.

This abandoned Abraham Lincoln statue has also earned the honorary of "World's Ugliest."

The legacy of an unsolved, gruesome murder rests beneath the spans of this historic bridge.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.

This folk art wall claims to be the world's one and only memorial to the bygone age of hippies.

This small-town park in southern Illinois has a 1,000,000-gallon swimming pool and a 100,000-barrel oil well.

An actor's tribute to a former mentor.

The house is an iconic pilgrimage site for fans of the Illinois-based emo band.

The inconspicuous grave of the University of Illinois' first president is just steps from the main quadrangle.

The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.