The oldest continuously-operating tavern in Wisconsin used a clever loophole to serve alcohol during Prohibition.

A hundred-year-old museum filled with giant physics toys and experiments designed by grad students.

Before he was America’s most famous preservationist, John Muir was an ingenious mechanical inventor.

Every winter, water dripping from a pole creates an ever-changing ice sculpture.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

Once known as the Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane.

Now nearly abandoned, Kaskaskia was once the capital of Illinois and one of the most important towns on the upper Mississippi.

In a grove of fast growing walnut trees outside Paris, Illinois, a marker shares the story of a fictional road building culture.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

This hidden jockey “walk of fame” celebrates the winning riders of the Kentucky Derby.

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

This boulder stays on its mountain thanks to a huge chain and on the map due to local legend.

One-layer pyramid in Indiana.

This library and museum is dedicated to the life and literature of the Indianapolis native author.

A rural hall of justice holds the world's only comic book and superhero museum.

This mysterious hill seems to pull objects uphill.