Unruly residents were housed in this one-person cell until the Black Maria arrived.

The school tested mustard gas for the U.S. Army during World War I.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

This heritage museum highlights the importance of the dairy cow as a vital part of rural Maryland's past, present, and future.

The whole world in one water tank.

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

In the middle of a busy airport, a statue honoring the astronaut who told Houston that Apollo 13 had a problem.

A simple statue outside a California Amtrak station honors the overlooked contributions of the "silent spikes."

Home to a forest of whimsical pygmy Coast live oak.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

A steel skeleton is all that exists of what is supposed to be a replica of Noah's Ark

Unique tower has outlasted a takeover of the company.

Unique and somewhat surreal, this little girl's memorial depicts a playful Jesus.

Locals place their offerings on this nightmarish gnarled tree so the witches won't summon another storm.

An old railroad crossing that’s been converted into a pedestrian bridge.

This abandoned cemetery has a dark past of bodies buried over bodies.

This 12-foot bronze statue pays tribute to his early days in Kentucky.

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.