While there are no actual snakes in the history of this crooked road, there may be a number of dead horses.

A wonderland of caves in eastern Iowa.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

An abandoned, rusty old relic of railroad history stands at attention over the Cuyahoga River.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.

A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

This simple home was the beginning of a long journey for the iconic Western film star.

Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.

The World's Largest Bull.

In rural Iowa, an imported 19th-century windmill overlooks an unlikely enclave of Danish culture.

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

The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.