Where dioramas can follow you home.

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

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.

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

Built in 1869, this now-retired structure looks more like a medieval fortress than a county lock-up.

A mythical bird etched into the face of a rock doubles as the mascot for a nearby school.

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

Man-made geyser that rises to the exact height of the Gateway Arch.

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

First known as the "Sample House," this construction mash-up was meant to be a living catalogue of building styles.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

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

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.

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

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

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.

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

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

A tribute to one granddaughter's old apartment which now represents the whims of each visitor.

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

This dilapidated castle-like structure overlooks the Hudson River at one of its widest points and was once home to nuns.