World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.

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

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

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

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

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

Dating back to the 1800s, two imposing buildings in Michigan have had countless transformations over the years.

Taxidermy and miniatures come together to create this unique museum.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

The bespectacled, cocktail-sipping pachyderm is a strange but fitting liquor store mascot.

A chilling disappearance (and rescue) of a child uncovers a geological mystery.

A rural hall of justice holds the world's only comic book and superhero museum.

A museum of the dime museum that features weird entertainments of yesteryear, from feejee mermaids to flea circuses.

The final resting place of Gary Gygax; co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons.

As the glaciers retreated out of northern Wisconsin, this unique natural wonder was crafted.

Every winter, dozens of otherworldly ice structures sprout up from a rigged up artesian well.

Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.

Paranormal activity on the great lakes.