The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.

This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.

One believer transformed a local curiosity into proof of Vikings on the Great Plains.

This lovely burial mound is actually a replica that was installed after archeologists excavated the original.

Where school buses go to die and be reborn as whimsical works of art.

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

This mansion was made famous by its colorful cast of owners and location along the Sante Fe Trail.

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

More than 7,000 gallons of water pour over these cascading red quartzite waterfalls every second.

At the turn of the 20th century, the Minnehaha County courthouse played host to sensational public divorce trials.

The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.

The cliff and rock formations are made out of Sioux Quartzite.

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

The oldest house in Galena, Illinois, now is a reminder of when this city was the world's lead mining capital.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

Mass grave of 50 unidentified French Soldiers who died at the Siege of Yorktown, 1781, that gave victory to the American Revolution.

Behind the Cowboy Hall of Fame is a burial ground for good horses and a famed rodeo bull.

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .