St. Joseph, Missouri
Glore Psychiatric Museum
The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.
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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.
St. Louis, Missouri
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
McLouth, Kansas
A rock that was too big to move, so the town just paved around it.
Kearney, Missouri
The final resting place of the legendary outlaw.
Independence, Missouri
A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.
Independence, Missouri
A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.
Kansas City, Kansas
Why settle for barbecue chips when you can get actual barbecue?
Kansas City, Missouri
Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.
Bloomington, Indiana
It's a unique monument honoring a great character who inspired a generation of young women to be more and pursue their dreams.
West Baden Springs, Indiana
A turn-of-the-century architectural marvel built on healing mineral springs and salt licks.
Seymour, Indiana
The lynching and burial site of America's first train robbers.
Bear Creek, North Carolina
A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.
New Mexico
One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.
Brooks, Kentucky
This calm grassy field was once a Superfund site full of thousands of nasty chemicals.
Mayfield, Kentucky
Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.
Lexington, Kentucky
This tombstone marks the final resting place of the beloved 1990's character, Ernest P. Worrell.
Morehead, Kentucky
Bizarre and inspired combination store selling only two items: tires and bibles.
Park City, Kentucky
A former 19th-century tavern, famous for its peach brandy and honey concoction.
Lexington, Kentucky
A pharmacy built in the shape of a mortar and pestle, now resembles a fancy cocktail.
Hazard, Kentucky
An enormous goose sits atop this nest-shaped home.
Lexington, Kentucky
Unique tower has outlasted a takeover of the company.
Maysville, Kentucky
This small museum is kept in a house that was integral to the genesis of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Clayhole, Kentucky
Origin of the blue-skinned Fugates of eastern Kentucky.