One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

Little did a museum know, they possessed the last-known lunch wagon in existence.

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

Acres of English cottage gardens, unexpectedly nestled in a Cleveland suburb.

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.

Center filled with hands-on displays served as a tribute to several astronauts with connections to the state.

A former 19th-century tavern, famous for its peach brandy and honey concoction.

The world's longest known cave system.

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.

An office built to look like a giant basket.

A bronze of the man in all his sinewy glory celebrates his longtime connection to the Ohio city.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

A real flying saucer, contracted by the U.S. Air Force.

You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.

Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.

The largest ancient burial mound in Ohio.

More than 3,200 cookie jars line the walls and shelves of this little shop and over 1,000 salt and pepper shakers

An abandoned munitions factory with a shot tower continues to wage war on the surrounding environment.

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

The former broadcast site has been reimagined as a museum about the medium.

A 70,000-square-foot institution dedicated to a very literal, creationist perspective on the Book of Genesis.