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

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

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.

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

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

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

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

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

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

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

A river with some unusual, and occasionally dangerous, habits.

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

A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

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

One-of-a-kind preserved ruins of an abandoned 1880s church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.

A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.

This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

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

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans' graves.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.