This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

More than 8,000 drinking jugs say “Cheers!” to a guy named Toby.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

This small, but long-running hobby club has built one of the largest model rail lines in the US.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

You can take a class, browse the library, or visit the lavish lair of an international men's humor society.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

Pumpkin-like gargoyles and grotesques peer down from the rooftop of this unassuming apartment building in Illinois.

One of the finest examples of a black soil prairie that was barely saved by the Great Depression.

The artwork honors those who are dedicated to preserving the beautiful Michigan peninsula.

The young Black revolutionary was killed before getting to see a non-segregated pool in his hometown.

Part taxidermy workshop, part natural history museum this Michigan destination shows off its dead animals and helps you mount your own.

It was originally part of a "terrible lizards" collection at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19th-century asylum.

The world's largest rotating world.