The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

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

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

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

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

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

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

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

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.