The world's third-largest scale model of the planets.

Today this bizarre rooftop phone booth seems like a piece of kitsch but it was once used to spot disastrous storms.

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

Roses and other fascinating flora fill this garden built to commemorate Britain's immortal Bard.

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.

Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.

The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

Man-made geyser that rises to the exact height of the Gateway Arch.

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

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

The first and only museum dedicated to stained glass and horology opened outside of Chicago in 2017.

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

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

A sprawling outdoor museum filled with larger-than-life works of art.

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

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

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

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

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

This abandoned 19th century orphanage started as a boarding school for children of Civil War veterans.

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

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

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