Some say that the battle fought at this Kansas site in 1856 was the first unofficial battle of the American Civil War.

A Jurassic artscape composed of transmission casings and other mechanical parts.

This historic theater's pipe organ still accompanies silent films just like it did in 1929.

When you can afford only half a road, you build only half a road.

First crafted during the 19th century, the mill was fully restored in 1983.

When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.

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

It's hip to be square in Iola, home of the largest town square in the United States.

A rock that was too big to move, so the town just paved around it.

Two gushing waterfalls of hot spring water within a block of each other.

The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.

This unfinished tribute to a hometown hero and early baseball great is now an abandoned roadside attraction.

An abandoned concrete jungle surrounded by a lush park.

This narrow coastline trail through the dense Kauai wilderness is among the most beautiful and dangerous in the world.

The ruins of an important pilgrimage destination for worshippers of a Maya fertility goddess.

A miniature baseball stadium honoring Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, home of the College World Series from 1950-2010.

One of the stops along the fateful journey of the Donner Party.

This monument built by Japanese American immigrants spent decades underground.

Submerged lava formations create incredible waterworks.

This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.

This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.