A museum celebrating the self-taught artist-environment builder.

Once known as the Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane.

Low-frequency noise compared to an idling train can only be heard by some of this industrial town's residents.

Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.

An opulent testament to the boom-and-bust history of industry in north central Indiana.

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

People escaping slavery passed through the oldest house in Lombard, Illinois on their northbound journey to freedom.

A former atom smasher turned into an art gallery.

Urban explorers embraced America's now demolished first suburban mall, south of Chicago.

The clothes-washing king doubles as a community center with some unusual features, including an aviary filled with finches.

A Michigan farm has hosted the fierce competition since 1974.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

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

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

A one-armed veteran of the Battle of Waterloo lies in a cemetery for one in the middle of a Chicago scrapyard.

A wonderful and easily overlooked museum tucked in Ohio's Burke Lakefront Airport.

A history of tragedy and a pile of eerie stories have contributed to this house's consistent ranking as one of the most haunted places in Ohio.

Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.

Halloween spirit is alive and well in this small town, where residents race motorized caskets in a yearly tradition.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.