Springfield, Missouri
World's Largest Fork
A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.
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Springfield, Missouri
A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.
Kansas City, Missouri
Tucked away between two 19th-century buildings, this small shop specializes in the macabre.
Jefferson City, Missouri
The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."
St. Joseph, Missouri
The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.
Sedalia, Missouri
This historic cliffside mansion uses a natural cave for air conditioning.
St. Louis, Missouri
A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.
St. Joseph, Missouri
The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.
Kansas City, Missouri
This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.
Jadwin, Missouri
Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.
Camdenton, Missouri
European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.
Warm Springs, Virginia
Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.
Alexandria, Virginia
The final resting place of an unidentified revolutionary soldier sits behind a Virginia church.
Norfolk, Virginia
This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.
Surry, Virginia
Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.
Richmond, Virginia
This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.
Richmond, Virginia
A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.
Hopewell, Virginia
For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.
Front Royal, Virginia
This sprawling farm was once a Cold War-era hideaway for the nation's top diplomats.
Lexington, Virginia
This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.
Alexandria, Virginia
The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.
Petersburg, Virginia
An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.
Lorton, Virginia
Located at the former Lorton Prison the Lucy Burns Museum tells the story of the 91 year history of the prison including the dark chapter of its involvement in the women's suffrage movement.
Alexandria, Virginia
The only place for a truly presidential dram.
Manassas, Virginia
Hear, smell, see, taste, and touch history at this immersive Civil War hospital.