Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.

The 40-year-old machine serves soda quicker than you can catch it for a mere 75 cents a pop.

The legacy of an unsolved, gruesome murder rests beneath the spans of this historic bridge.

The mysterious white squirrels of this Illinois city are treated like sacred cows.

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

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

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

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.

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

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

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

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

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

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

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

A science teacher's dream.

A limb from Indiana's largest sycamore tree on record.

One of the last remaining covered bridges in the region.

Home to some of Indiana's last bison herds.