At the turn of the century, a chair like rock sat at the top of the falls and hosted the winner of a local beauty contest.

An opulent testament to the boom-and-bust history of industry in north central Indiana.

Along this stretch of Indiana roadway resides a giant insect composed entirely of scrap metal.

One man's vision and a labor of love of many.

The bespectacled, cocktail-sipping pachyderm is a strange but fitting liquor store mascot.

The largest historic preservation organization in the United States.

The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.

The body of one of the world's most famous outlaws is covered in cement and iron to prevent it from being stolen.

A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.

This elaborate estate contains a stunning marble aviary, a sunken conservatory, and a magnificent music room with a two-story pipe organ.

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

An amazing collection of scale model ships.

This mysterious hill seems to pull objects uphill.

A stunning, abandoned limestone quarry in southern Indiana provided the stone to erect the Empire State Building.

A lesser-known part of the Kinsey Institute is this impressive collection of art, artifacts, and material culture related to human sexuality.

The world's largest anatomically accurate brain sculpture.

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

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

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

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

This historic lavatory leftover features two levels of defecation stations completely without context.

The overgrown remains of one of the premier auto-racing speedways in the Midwest—and also one of the most deadly.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

This former office building has been transformed into an immersive music venue and art space.