In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

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

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

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

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

The mysterious white squirrels of this Illinois city are treated like sacred cows.

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

Even with only two residents and one building, this tiny Illinois town is famous for its burgers.

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

This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.

In one Chicago park, a trio of werewolves are waiting to devour their fallen brethren.

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

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

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

Pizza with a side of fine art.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

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

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.