Why settle for barbecue chips when you can get actual barbecue?

Right here, members of the Lewis and Clark expedition boiled ocean water to make salt.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

The Magic House provides a beautiful and creative environment for curious youngsters to get their knowledge on.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

A commemoration of over 150 of St. Louis's favorite sons and daughters.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

Ohio's 19th-century communist micro-society.

This campus museum commemorates a national tragedy.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

The modest childhood home where the baseball legend and Yankees star learned to hit from both sides of the plate.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.