A memorial for the mustachioed record-setting runner.

An unassuming store hides relics of its former life as the jazz club that hosted some of the best black performers of the 1920s and '30s.

These Depression-era WPA sculptures have made a couple of stops over the years.

A Depression-era sculpture by Charles Umlauf survives in a small suburban post office.

The remnants of Peoria's proud baseball past stand slightly abandoned, but not forgotten.

The house is an iconic pilgrimage site for fans of the Illinois-based emo band.

The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.

This rare female version of the Muffler Man has its clothes removed each summer to signal the start of pool season.

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.

Today this bizarre rooftop phone booth seems like a piece of kitsch but it was once used to spot disastrous storms.

Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.

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

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

Even with its slightly risible name this colossal cross is still able to inspire awe.

This odd stone memorial remembers a loyal dog who offended the rail barons with his speed and saved his master with his pee.

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

Landmark Chicago building narrowly avoided destruction.

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