River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

Three generations of intrepid collectors display their curious artifacts in a homemade museum right next to the caves they discovered.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

These giant metal horses graze on a hilltop near the Montana highway.

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

This is probably not the Target you're looking for.

Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.

A curious cone-shaped structure made of wire and covered with antlers.

Once called the Jersey Lilly, this former saloon was the domain of infamous Judge Roy Bean.

Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

An abandoned mine where dreams of quicksilver trickled away over 75 years ago.

An unusual bed & breakfast made of papercrete.