Hot Doug's "Hot Dog" Stand.

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

A medical facility that has been kept frozen in time.

This turn of the century jail once held Charles Manson.

It's a unique monument honoring a great character who inspired a generation of young women to be more and pursue their dreams.

This museum collects over a century of automobile history including the iconic car from The Muppet Movie.

Indiana's shrine to the sport that has become a hallmark of their culture.

In a grove of fast growing walnut trees outside Paris, Illinois, a marker shares the story of a fictional road building culture.

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

Modeled after the labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral, this small-town Indiana memorial labyrinth sits half a world away.

A large collection of motorbikes with some impressive gems.

Tombstones carved to look like tree trunks are used for multiple generations of family members.

The overgrown remains of one of the premier auto-racing speedways in the Midwest—and also one of the most deadly.

Covered in tens of thousands of coats of paint, this Indiana attraction holds a world record all its own.

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

A renowned Civil War veteran, this Bald eagle now presides over the Wisconsin State Assembly.

The house is an iconic pilgrimage site for fans of the Illinois-based emo band.

The site of an ancient Mississippian settlement that appears to have flourished during the 10th to 13th centuries.

This lush 12-acre site was once named the finest Japanese garden in North America.

Literally a million fascinating cartographic artifacts are held in this sprawling university collection.

This former Indiana quarry has been transformed into a park and SCUBA site where divers can explore the drowned mining equipment.

Train cars and railroad artifacts abound at this restaurant devoted to railway history.

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

Moving, mind-blowing metal sculpture work of an outsider artist.