A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

Famous church recognized for both its unique design and disciplined monks that live according to the Benedictine discipline.

A museum devoted to osteopathy and its creator, Andrew Still.

A wax effigy of St. Valentine hides one of the saint's relics.

Destroyed by flood waters, prison now serves as a training ground for armed forces.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

A floating museum that was sunk by a flood and left to rot in the tides.

A museum dedicated to man's boldest venture.

A Mormon place of exile in Missouri.

Undone by Prohibition, this abandoned brewery-turned-flour mill is now ready for its third act.

This small town bank is very aware of its name thank you very much.

Another in a long tradition of legends regarding infernal seats.

This art deco masterpiece was once a miracle spring mecca but is now simply a government office building.

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.

This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.

An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

This pristinely abandoned filling station on the edge of a graveyard is populated solely by unsettling mannequins.

An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.

Over 600 vacuum cleaners stack the shelves of what may be the cleanest museum in America.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

A small town garden is dedicated to a psychic dog with the most soulful eyes.

The man who was president for only one day and spent most of it asleep.

One of America's first planned communities is preserved in a state park.