Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

The hometown of movie legend, military officer and All-American guy next door, honors this great actor.

Dozens upon dozens of boulders engraved with scripture tell the story of one man's troubled life.

A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.

A small welcome symbol for visitors to Ann Arbor.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

This quarter-mile tunnel under the Bluff in Pittsburgh bends at a 45-degree angle.

Color-coded signs direct drivers on a network of routes designed to avoid Pittsburgh traffic.

Meet your friends, marry your true love, or tell your enemies to kiss your butt under this historic Pittsburgh timepiece.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

This church in Pittsburgh is home to the largest collection of religious relics in North America.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

Otherworldly rock formations and ancient fossils abound in this unique stretch of Nebraska badlands.

Site of the 1879 Cheyenne Outbreak and the site where famed Sioux chief Crazy Horse met his fate.

America's largest man-made forest was planted in an effort to bring back the past.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

The crumbling structure is a rare surviving relic of the area's bygone mining industry.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.

A popular rock that acted as a waymarker for American pioneers.

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

A relic of roadside lore and perhaps the first of its kind in North America.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.