Walcott, Iowa
Iowa 80 Truck Stop
The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.
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Walcott, Iowa
The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.
Council Bluffs, Iowa
The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.
Eldon, Iowa
Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.
Clear Lake, Iowa
A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.
Villisca, Iowa
This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.
Chicago, Illinois
Not to be confused with the iconic New York City skyscraper, this Chicago building is a vibrant hub for artists.
Chicago, Illinois
The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.
Chicago, Illinois
This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.
Earle, Arkansas
The scant remains of an expansive indigenous civilization can be seen at this Arkansas state park.
Joiner, Arkansas
On the side of Arkansas' Great River Road stand the remains of a forgotten World War II POW Camp.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
An ever-growing collection of rare and strange objects owned by local Arkansas illusionist Maxwell Blade.
Yellville, Arkansas
The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.
Murfreesboro, Arkansas
The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.
Mount Pleasant, Michigan
The final resting place of a prominent Chippewa chief and several Native American children.
Cass City, Michigan
Ancient petroglyphs discovered only after a massive fire swept across Michigan in the 1880s.
Harbor Springs, Michigan
A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.
Glen Arbor Township, Michigan
This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.
Mansfield, Ohio
Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.
Ashtabula, Ohio
A monument to the “unrecognized dead” of the tragic 1876 train crash.
Pomeroy, Ohio
A lost cemetery stands forgotten on a hilltop, known only to the older residents of Pomeroy.
Sugarcreek, Ohio
Remnants of 19th century vigilante justice.
Akron, Ohio
But did the famous feminist and abolitionist ever really say those iconic four words?
Dayton, Ohio
A headstone tells the sad story of a lost little boy and his pet dog.