Halloween spirit is alive and well in this small town, where residents race motorized caskets in a yearly tradition.

A medical facility that has been kept frozen in time.

This mysterious hill seems to pull objects uphill.

Historians and hobbyists head to this former French outpost for the annual Feast of the Hunters' Moon.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

Enjoy a tour of oddities and makeshift monsters at this souvenir store with an offbeat sense of humor.

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.

Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

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

A river with some unusual, and occasionally dangerous, habits.

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

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

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

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

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

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

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

A science teacher's dream.

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

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A crumbling mountain resort that looks like it was abandoned in an instant.