It was originally part of a "terrible lizards" collection at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.

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

The park that the Chicago Stockyards built.

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

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

This small-town park in southern Illinois has a 1,000,000-gallon swimming pool and a 100,000-barrel oil well.

The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.

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

Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.

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

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.

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

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

Enjoy a slice while browsing the world's largest collection of pizza memorabilia.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.