Independence, Missouri
Leila's Hair Museum
A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.
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Independence, Missouri
A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.
Kansas City, Missouri
Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.
Sturgeon, Missouri
A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.
Lesterville, Missouri
Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.
Bonne Terre, Missouri
The world's largest man-made underground caverns offer unparalleled underwater wonders.
Ridgedale, Missouri
If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Everything in this miniature world was handmade from matches, paperclips, wires, tin cans, and other everyday objects.
Lead Hill, Arkansas
Twenty-year effort to raise a castle using tools and techniques from the 13th century is now abandoned in the Arkansas woods.
Little Rock, Arkansas
Where animatronic singing fish go to retire.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
The Ozarks' strangest dwelling.
Iowa City, Iowa
This 16-foot-diameter wooden coin has been standing in Iowa City since 2006.
Iowa City, Iowa
How did the 110-ton limestone statue cross the road?
Dyersville, Iowa
A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.
Britt, Iowa
An old town theater converted into a celebration of the hobo legacy.
West Bend, Iowa
A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.
Clear Lake, Iowa
A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.
Memphis, Tennessee
For more than 75 years, this living piece of history has been serving exceptional soul food.
Memphis, Tennessee
Mass graves and Victorian monuments mark the history of Memphis in this 19th century cemetery.
Memphis, Tennessee
The "Jade Museum" is full of thousands of intricately carved works of art made from various precious stones.
Earle, Arkansas
The scant remains of an expansive indigenous civilization can be seen at this Arkansas state park.
Leixlip, Ireland
A corkscrew-shaped barn in Ireland.
Dublin, Ireland
The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.