Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.

The largest ancient burial mound in Ohio.

The final resting place of the most famous sharpshooter.

Small, privately owned island divided between Michigan and Ohio with abandoned vacation homes and a derelict lighthouse.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

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

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

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

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

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

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

These commemorative stones honor a young woman born in captivity.

Who is this marble man, perpetually creeping up the steps of his own mausoleum?

The monument dedicated to Phineas Gage in the town where his accident happened.

The Vermont grave of a 4,000-year-old mummy prince.

A tomb with a window to ensure the interred wasn't buried alive.

These mysterious petroglyphs in Vermont reflect a troubled history in the treatment of Native American culture.

A ghost town in a remote corner of Oregon hosts a touching tribute to Sacagawea’s son.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.