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A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.

During the 1990's nearly all of the world's LSD is thought to have come from the operators of the lab once located in this missile silo.

It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.

The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.

Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.

The only remaining Cold War–era Minuteman II missile control center in Missouri.

Thousands of small machines line the shelves of this personal collection which definitely delivers on its name.

A small town garden is dedicated to a psychic dog with the most soulful eyes.

One of few surviving standpipe water towers in the U.S.

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."

This historic cliffside mansion uses a natural cave for air conditioning.

In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.

A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.

This abandoned mine and power plant was built atop land once given to Revolutionary War soldiers.

A lost cemetery stands forgotten on a hilltop, known only to the older residents of Pomeroy.

This university transit system is a 1970s vision of the future.

Smack in the midst of coal country, this collection provides a peoples' history of Appalachian miners' heritage.

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

This schoolhouse for Black American children is one of the oldest remaining in southeastern Ohio.

Dozens of striking Indian symbols cover the second-floor hallways of this rural courthouse.

Mennes invented the tags we all place annually upon our license plates, and his story is told frankly and in full upon his headstone.