What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

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

Lions and tigers and leopards, servals, pumas, bobcats, lynxes, and ocelots... oh my!

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

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

The park that the Chicago Stockyards built.

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

You were once able to challenge a chicken to tic-tac-toe at this park, which is now converted into the Aikman Wildlife Adventure.

Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.

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

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

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