Villisca, Iowa
Villisca Axe Murder House
This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.
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Villisca, Iowa
This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.
Council Bluffs, Iowa
The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.
Boys Town, Nebraska
An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.
Omaha, Nebraska
A brick-paved former section of the historic coast-to-coast highway.
Lincoln, Nebraska
The largest collection of historical roller skates in the world.
Lincoln, Nebraska
Four ionic columns from the Treasury Department building ended up in a park in Nebraska.
Lincoln, Nebraska
A lifetime's accumulation of bric-a-brac and kitsch.
Minden, Nebraska
This replica small town lets visitors take a stroll through the story of progress in the U.S. via thousands of Americana artifacts.
Hastings, Nebraska
The home for all things Kool-Aid offers everything except a chance to actually enjoy the drink.
Pleasant Dale, Nebraska
The abandoned remnants of a little sanctuary for world peace that fell into disrepair.
Kearney, Nebraska
Inside this magical collection, you can buy recipes cooked up by church ladies, motorcycle clubs, and clowns.
Paxton, Nebraska
What do a giraffe, an elephant, and reasonably priced steaks have in common? This roadside restaurant filled with exotic taxidermy.
Ogallala, Nebraska
A fascinating collection of art made from petrified wood and fossils by two octogenarian twin brothers.
Buford, Wyoming
One of the smallest towns in the United States.
Buford, Wyoming
Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.
Buford, Wyoming
A monument to the egos of two railroad magnates that fell into decline along with their careers.
Laramie, Wyoming
The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.
Medicine Bow, Wyoming
A century-old cabin off of Highway 30 touts an unusual construction material: dinosaur bones.
Salt Lake City, Utah
This granite monument at the site of an ill-conceived tourist attraction is built from the same stone as the Mormon Temple.
Salt Lake City, Utah
The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.
Wendover, Utah
A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.
Golconda, Nevada
A hidden gem of a saloon in the middle of a ghost town.
Henderson, Nevada
Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.
Imlay, Nevada
The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."