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

An Art Deco gem that held together the artistic heart of an agricultural community for 92 years.

A towering bronze statue memorializes the founding father of postwar American conservatism.

An open-air, roadside eatery celebrating a historic indigenous cuisine of complicated significance.

This lush 12-acre site was once named the finest Japanese garden in North America.

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

This Old Testament garden features 100 plants from biblical times.

For over 100 years, this Indiana town has had a tree growing out the top of the local courthouse.

This observatory comes complete with three separate telescopes and a dedicated community of amateur and expert astronomers.

An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.

The park that the Chicago Stockyards built.

Tucked away amongst townhomes lies a restored, early 20th-century tea house and garden, the only remains of a historic estate.

Burial mounds of prehistoric Native Americans who lived along the DuPage River.

According to the legend, this strikingly beautiful hill has miraculous healing powers.

A hidden grotto on the grounds of the Kane County Government Center.

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

This tiny site in Iowa, part of a patchwork national wildlife refuge, is home to ancient flora and fauna.

An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.

A gargantuan crystal kingdom.

These cliff-dwellings might be Mexico's least visited archaeological site.

Hike the unusual hoodoos and rock formations that form this little-known natural wonder.

A strenuous, unofficial trail leads to spectacular views in one of America's most remote national monuments.

This oasis-like spring in the Sonoran Desert is home to unique, endangered species.

The remnants of an early automobile route across shifting sand dunes can still be found in the deserts of Southern California.