Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.

Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.

The notorious couple camped at this site after a bloody shootout with police.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

Dakota legend claims this locally iconic pinnacle was once part of a sacred burial site that was cleaved in two.

The last location where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson played before their tragic deaths.

In rural Iowa, an imported 19th-century windmill overlooks an unlikely enclave of Danish culture.

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."

This historic cliffside mansion uses a natural cave for air conditioning.

A roadside statue store in rural Minnesota with quirky displays.

America's first National Historic Landmark is a 100-foot tall obelisk and gravesite dedicated to the only casualty of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.

One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.

Eternal resting place of the grave robber and murderer who served as inspiration for many of cinema’s famous madmen.

A creative deviation in this post office's design was once a source of controversy.

This is one really big nut.

The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.

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

Is this 47.7-mile stretch of highway the longest straight road in the United States?

The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.

A statue high in a hill that represents how Buffalo Bill got his name.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

The site of Billy the Kid’s most famous escape and the end to the Lincoln County War.

The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.