Raised high above the Cimarron River, this 1,268-foot rail bridge followed a half-century of trainwrecks, bridge collapses, and an abandoned town.

A Mormon place of exile in Missouri.

This octagonal rotary jail built in 1889 now serves as a visitor's center.

Savor the famous tempura-fried pork tenderloin sandwich at this long-standing Kansas City food counter.

Learn about puppetry and get a chance to make your own puppet.

How did the front of a supersonic jet make its way to a display case in a Kansas City yard?

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

Soak in the soul of Kansas City at the oldest continually-operating jazz club in the country.

This classic Kansas City song reference is the place for anyone who wants to stand at the corner of 12th Street and Vine.

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

This steamer is known as "The ship that built Cleveland."

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

The so-called "Father of Las Vegas" had the city's first telephone installed in his office in 1907.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

A single light illuminates one man's overshadowed contributions to street lamp history.

An ode to Japanese artist Hokusai, with a bit of a comical twist.

Once the largest attraction in Rhode Island, this former amusement park is now a gorgeous coastal state park.

Despite the name, this narrow bridge isn't very dangerous at all.

Only a shrine remains at the site of the catastrophic nightclub inferno that killed 100 Great White fans.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.