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Grabill, Indiana

Grabill Country Sales

A bakery and variety store filled with an extensive taxidermy collection.
Indianapolis, Indiana

The Idle

A park where you can watch the highway zoom past.
Chicago, Illinois

Beginning (and End) of Historic Route 66

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.
Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Stock Exchange Arch

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.
Willow Springs, Illinois

Red Gate Woods

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

Boggy Creek Monster

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.
Paris, Texas

Jesus in Cowboy Boots

In Paris, Texas, even Jesus wears cowboy boots.
Texarkana, Texas

Ace of Clubs House

$10,000 won in a poker game in 1884 allowed James Draughon to build this intriguing home.
Kilgore, Texas

Texas Broadcast Museum

A collection of obscure and vintage equipment used for television, film, and radio.
Karnack, Texas

Caddo Lake

Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.
Fort Wayne, Indiana

Hyde Brothers Booksellers

Indiana's greatest rare bookstore has a special shelf for Hoosier authors.
Clarksville, Indiana

Falls of the Ohio State Park

Marine fossils from the Devonian period are exposed at this park.
Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis Moon Tree

A 30-year-old Sycamore tree grown from a seed taken to the moon and back.
Dallas, Texas

The Traveling Man

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.
Weatherford, Texas

The Boardwalk at Lake Weatherford

The longest floating boardwalk in the United States.
Fairmount, Indiana

The James Dean Museum and Garfield Museum

Two Indiana icons are honored at this tiny museum, which features the world's largest collection of James Dean memorabilia.
Indianapolis, Indiana

'Twisted House'

Nature and art meet in this curvy creation
Milan, Italy

Crypt of San Sepolcro

Saint Borromeo often prayed in this austere crypt during the 16th century.
Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario

Pleasantville Curve

The roadway bend where highway painters practice their craft looks like expressionist art.
Toronto, Ontario

North Toronto Station

A former Canadian Pacific Railway station turned liquor store, the first and only station in Canada visited by British royalty.
Marfa, Texas

Wrong Store

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Museum of Osteology and Skulls Unlimited

Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."
Saint Paul, Minnesota

Marjorie McNeely Conservatory (Como Park)

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.
Chicago, Illinois

Monadnock Building

The last masonry skyscraper ever built reveals a transitional moment in architectural history.