This candy shop has been serving up sweets to the Louisville area since the 1850s.

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

A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.

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

This architectural stunner is one of the few surviving Egyptian Revival theaters in the U.S.

The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.

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

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

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

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

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

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

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.