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

Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.

This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.

A collection of 11 million buttons illustrates the human toll of the Holocaust.

The clothes-washing king doubles as a community center with some unusual features, including an aviary filled with finches.

The dream home of an iconoclastic renaissance man still stands as a monument to his domestically mundane vision.

An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.

This Mediterranean castle was built for a millionaire and his giant dog.

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

This folk art wall claims to be the world's one and only memorial to the bygone age of hippies.

One of the first historical sites of an alternative universe was installed in the town of Paris, Illinois—which is now home to an annual spelling bee of Kcymaerxthaereal words.

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

Planes, trains, and automobiles have all been sunk as attractions at this Illinois diving spot.

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

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

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

This tiny historic jail along Route 66 is the perfect fit for exactly one criminal and their partner-in-crime.

This lagomorph-obsessed Route 66 emporium is home to a giant jackrabbit that sits in a bunny graveyard.

This deceivingly ordinary warehouse hides an enormous collection of pop culture treasures.

While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.

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

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.