This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

Roses and other fascinating flora fill this garden built to commemorate Britain's immortal Bard.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

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

Arguably the best example of an authentic Dutch windmill in the United States, rivaling its counterparts in the Netherlands.

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

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

A renowned Civil War veteran, this Bald eagle now presides over the Wisconsin State Assembly.

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

A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.

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

A house and yard adorned with bizarre concrete sculptures in a Milwaukee suburb.

A circus of light and sound forms a sensory ode to an iconic train that will never pass through town again.

Literally a million fascinating cartographic artifacts are held in this sprawling university collection.

According to the legend, this strikingly beautiful hill has miraculous healing powers.

The study has wall paneling from a 17th century ship.

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

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

This softly rounded mansion was built without corners not to avoid evil spirits, but to make them more comfortable.

With 8,000 pipes this giant instrument is the most versatile theatre pipe organ ever built.