Eldon, Iowa
American Gothic House
Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.
Places I've been
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Eldon, Iowa
Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.
Camdenton, Missouri
European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.
Mansfield, Missouri
Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.
Springfield, Missouri
A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.
Onsted, Michigan
The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.
St. Louis, Missouri
What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.
St. Louis, Missouri
A floating museum that was sunk by a flood and left to rot in the tides.
Fairmont City, Illinois
Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.
Collinsville, Illinois
Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.
Wellsboro, Pennsylvania
This lush forest valley was once mined for lumber to the extent that it was once nicknamed "The Pennsylvania Desert."
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Collinsville, Illinois
Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.
St. Louis, Missouri
This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.
St. Louis, Missouri
The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.
St. Louis, Missouri
A chessmaster's dream destination.
St. Louis, Missouri
What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.
St. Louis, Missouri
This is not your typical jungle gym.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
One of Gettysburg’s least visited battlefield memorials is off the beaten path, but worth a visit.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.