Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.

A memorial to the Potawatomi chief who allegedly ran nearly 150 miles to alert settlers of an impending attack.

This half-ton piece of the Alps sits at the base of the CN Tower.

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.

Hidden in magnificent rolling countryside, see what may be the largest modern stone circle in the world at Wisconsin's very own "Stonehenge”

Giant six-pack could provide one person a six-pack a day for 3,351 years.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

The study has wall paneling from a 17th century ship.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.

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

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

This former nursery supplied plants for the creation of Chicago's largest park.

A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.

Arguably the best example of an authentic Dutch windmill in the United States, rivaling its counterparts in the Netherlands.

The carved remains of a 200-year-old oak tree memorialize the namesake of the iconic "Wizard of Oz" character.

Today this bizarre rooftop phone booth seems like a piece of kitsch but it was once used to spot disastrous storms.

This abandoned 19th century orphanage started as a boarding school for children of Civil War veterans.