The poet’s boyhood home is now dedicated to celebrating his life and legacy.

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.

Named for the 39 tribes that live in Oklahoma, this restaurant's menu deliciously highlights local flavors.

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

Very likely the only museum in the world that celebrates the glory of the humble banjo.

Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

One man's vision and a labor of love of many.

A historic hotel library in Indiana hides more than a few secrets on its shelves.

The home used in just a few seconds of film that came to define the setting of a hit sitcom.

A tribute to a 13-year-old boy who was kidnapped in 1793 and escaped over two years later.

You thought Santa Claus didn't exist, but it turns out you were wrong.

Colorful collection of antique musical oddities.

This open air cathedral invites all faiths to worship under the only roof big enough to fit them all: the sky.

Part of a worldwide art project, this mysterious semicircle of concrete shapes holds the pieces of a larger story.

During the 19th-century, this park was a vital trading fort.

First known as the "Sample House," this construction mash-up was meant to be a living catalogue of building styles.

Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.

This unassuming riverbank is Missouri’s first designated site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.

Nestled in Onondaga State Park, over 100 canoes carefully stacked in a replica of the famous standing stones.

The site of an ancient Mississippian settlement that appears to have flourished during the 10th to 13th centuries.

This monolithic statue was erected in honor of Chief Black Hawk (even if it wasn't made to look like him).

The oldest house in Galena, Illinois, now is a reminder of when this city was the world's lead mining capital.