This baseball diamond was home to the Rockford Peaches, a team featured in the hit film "A League of Their Own."

The oldest operating hotel in Illinois enjoys a historic (and some say haunted) past.

The oldest house in Galena, Illinois, now is a reminder of when this city was the world's lead mining capital.

This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.

Romance fans worldwide make the pilgrimage to this group of historic covered bridges in rural Iowa.

This simple home was the beginning of a long journey for the iconic Western film star.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

Known as one of America's most beautiful public restrooms.

A symbol of Texas pride.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

The largest public collection of roses in the United States.

Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.

One of the largest publicly funded mural in the country is one city's love letter to itself.

The art deco colossus played a role in war and medicine aside from hosting the iconic Louisiana Hayride.

$10,000 won in a poker game in 1884 allowed James Draughon to build this intriguing home.

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.

This abandoned building made of petrified wood was once a hotspot for buying moonshine.