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

This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.

This historic lavatory leftover features two levels of defecation stations completely without context.

The world's third-largest scale model of the planets.

While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.

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

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

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

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.

The World's Largest Bull.

Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

This 40-foot fowl marks the so-called "wild goose capital of the world."

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

Over 50 historic windmills whir away at this outdoor museum.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

A house turned museum is the real-life "home" of the fictional main character of The Wizard of Oz.