Priceless space junk on display in front of a local Dairy Queen.

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

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

This museum remembers an apocalyptic cult that became more famous for baseball than religious radicalism.

A memorial to the Potawatomi chief who allegedly ran nearly 150 miles to alert settlers of an impending attack.

This family driveway also serves as the highest point in Illinois.

A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

A mysteriously dark cemetery monument fuels stories and legends galore.

The dream home of an iconoclastic renaissance man still stands as a monument to his domestically mundane vision.

In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

This odd stone memorial remembers a loyal dog who offended the rail barons with his speed and saved his master with his pee.

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

This simple gravestone remembers a pig who single-hoofedly raised $19,000,000 for the Navy.

Planes, trains, and automobiles have all been sunk as attractions at this Illinois diving spot.

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

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

The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.

A concrete block embedded with thousands of pulled teeth was created by a local dentist to memorialize his dog.

A rural hall of justice holds the world's only comic book and superhero museum.

The remains of a religious colony, its amusement park, zoo, and baseball empire.

A giant concrete egg marks this Indiana town as the "Egg Basket of the Midwest."

A chilling disappearance (and rescue) of a child uncovers a geological mystery.