Five acres of divinely inspired folk art.

"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.

This punny mirror of another Wisconsin attraction is exactly what it sounds like.

A remote hill on a stretch of country road where the laws of physics are defied... or so it seems.

Vikings and Evangelicals have both had a hand in this replica medieval church.

This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.

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

The NBA player's elaborate former home is now a ghost of its old glory.

People escaping slavery passed through the oldest house in Lombard, Illinois on their northbound journey to freedom.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

This tiny historic jail along Route 66 is the perfect fit for exactly one criminal and their partner-in-crime.

In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

First known as the "Sample House," this construction mash-up was meant to be a living catalogue of building styles.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.

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

A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.

The legacy of an unsolved, gruesome murder rests beneath the spans of this historic bridge.

A small abandoned and abused cemetery that has become a magnet for ghost hunters.