The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

An abandoned meat mecca now serves as an excellent locale for urban exploration.

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

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.

Dedicated to an "Unknown Man," this grave holds either the remains of a lovelorn suicide or a Cold War spy.

Arcade chock-full of old timey, whimsical, hand-cranked automata and peepshows.

The colony of South Australia was proclaimed on a hot December day under a distinctively arched gum tree.

This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.

This Czar-funded, onion-domed, lavishly muraled Orthodox Church played a starring role in "The Deer Hunter."

A bronze of the man in all his sinewy glory celebrates his longtime connection to the Ohio city.