Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

An enchanting tunnel of cypress trees leads to an old morse code station still used today.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

An eclectic assortment of medieval architecture in a small Iowa town.

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.

This hot dog-shaped diner has moved all around Colorado, but has never been to New York.

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.

The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.