Jefferson City, Missouri
Missouri State Penitentiary
The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."
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Jefferson City, Missouri
The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."
St. Joseph, Missouri
The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.
St. Louis, Missouri
A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.
St. Joseph, Missouri
The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.
Kansas City, Missouri
This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.
Jadwin, Missouri
Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.
Camdenton, Missouri
European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.
Worden, Montana
The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.
Boulder, Montana
This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.
Meagher, Montana
Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.
Drummond, Montana
This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.
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.
New Washoe City, Nevada
Historic home to one of the most famous women pioneers of the 19th century.
Golconda, Nevada
A hidden gem of a saloon in the middle of a ghost town.
Pahrump, Nevada
Bringing back the art of handmade custom coffins.
Virginia City, Nevada
These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Wayne Newton's sprawling estate is now open for visitors to catch a glimpse of his "heart and soul."
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.
Goldfield, Nevada
This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.
Reno, Nevada
This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.
Alamo, Nevada
An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.
Nelson, Nevada
A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.
Tonopah, Nevada
There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.