This folk art wall claims to be the world's one and only memorial to the bygone age of hippies.

One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

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

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

A massive bur oak tree believed to be some 500 years old is the centerpiece of this quiet urban greenspace.

The famous Beatle secretly visited this Illinois town several times to visit his sister.

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

Now nearly abandoned, Kaskaskia was once the capital of Illinois and one of the most important towns on the upper Mississippi.

The world's third-largest scale model of the planets.

This lagomorph-obsessed Route 66 emporium is home to a giant jackrabbit that sits in a bunny graveyard.

This historic lavatory leftover features two levels of defecation stations completely without context.

Man-made geyser that rises to the exact height of the Gateway Arch.

A sprawling outdoor museum filled with larger-than-life works of art.

In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.