The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.

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.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

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

A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

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

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

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

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

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

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

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

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

The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.

The largest cemetery in Louisville is the final resting place of Col. Sanders and Muhammad Ali.

This abandoned cemetery has a dark past of bodies buried over bodies.

The grave of the iconic Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot features a bust of the man behind the goatee.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

World's largest collection of Coke-related items not held by the Coca-Cola company.

The history of whiskey and all of its boozy glory, from Colonial days to modern American cocktail culture.