At this 1940s-era neighborhood favorite, you can still drink a cherry phosphate.

This small-town park in southern Illinois has a 1,000,000-gallon swimming pool and a 100,000-barrel oil well.

A small granite block at this monument's base is the only part of Lincoln's Tomb outside of Illinois.

Dozens upon dozens of boulders engraved with scripture tell the story of one man's troubled life.

A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.

An American flag was erected for every day that passed during the Iranian Hostage Crisis.

The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

This pristinely abandoned filling station on the edge of a graveyard is populated solely by unsettling mannequins.

This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

The only museum in the world dedicated to the history of sprint car racing, next to one of the country's most historic dirt tracks.

The house is an iconic pilgrimage site for fans of the Illinois-based emo band.

The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

While there are no actual snakes in the history of this crooked road, there may be a number of dead horses.

Modeled after the labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral, this small-town Indiana memorial labyrinth sits half a world away.

The two-cell building in Nebraska was briefly owned by a teenage boy and then a Hollywood dummy.

The abandoned remnants of a little sanctuary for world peace that fell into disrepair.

Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

This tiny historic jail along Route 66 is the perfect fit for exactly one criminal and their partner-in-crime.