The famous Beatle secretly visited this Illinois town several times to visit his sister.

America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.

14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.

Once a giant oak that served as the region's post office.

Outside the Missouri Quilt Museum, this large spool has more than one million yards of thread—and counting.

The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.

The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

Learn all about this iconic air rifle without putting an eye out.

The Man In Black grew up in a large agrarian community established by the federal government in the Great Depression.

Rusted and decayed, this former mining site is a portal to the past.

In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

An average of 33 million gallons of water pour out of the collapsed cave at the heart of this spherical spring.

A historic, scenic mill that was forced to close due to overlogging.

This curious headstone is labeled simply as "The Queen."

Who said a biker bar is no place for a taxidermy squirrel collection?

An unusual geological feature towers over the remains of a dark episode in United States history.

Spectacular views await visitors to this lake.

This museum is dedicated to telling the story of dinosaurs from a creationist perspective. 

The oldest badlands in North America, Makoshika State Park takes it name from the Lakota words for broken land.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

The empty tomb that houses the memories of Roy Bertelli's revenge.