This hidden jockey “walk of fame” celebrates the winning riders of the Kentucky Derby.

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

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

Pumpkin-like gargoyles and grotesques peer down from the rooftop of this unassuming apartment building in Illinois.

A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.

Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

A flamboyantly decorated bridge signals diversity and fellowship at the entry to Indianapolis' Broad Ripple Village.

Nature and art meet in this curvy creation

This national park dedicated to the tallgrass prairie ecosystem still displays its military past.

The oldest house in Chicago certainly doesn't look the part and there are some who say it doesn't deserve its title either.

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

The murals have transformed a residential alley into a vibrant drive-through gallery.

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

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

This enormous fish commemorates the unplanned release of brown trout into a Michigan river.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

A hidden grotto on the grounds of the Kane County Government Center.

Tucked away amongst townhomes lies a restored, early 20th-century tea house and garden, the only remains of a historic estate.

An Art Deco gem that held together the artistic heart of an agricultural community for 92 years.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.