While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.

Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

Take a break from all the boring business of death at this funeral home mini-golf course.

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

A curious collection of miniatures in a quiet corner of the Chicago Children's Museum.

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

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

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

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

Even with only two residents and one building, this tiny Illinois town is famous for its burgers.

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

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

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.