The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.

A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

The oldest house in Galena, Illinois, now is a reminder of when this city was the world's lead mining capital.

The sign to a demolished amusement park now stands in front of a local library.

Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.

A 30-foot man on a penny-farthing bicycle rides along the banks of the Mississippi.

Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.

This folk art wall claims to be the world's one and only memorial to the bygone age of hippies.

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

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

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

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

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

World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.