This strange portrait of six ladies with chicken bodies commemorates a count's dirty habits.

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

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

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

The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.

In an alley not far from where two great highways meet, byways of a very different sort are honored.

Modeled after the labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral, this small-town Indiana memorial labyrinth sits half a world away.

The park that the Chicago Stockyards built.

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

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

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

An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.

The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.

Even with its slightly risible name this colossal cross is still able to inspire awe.

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

Indiana's shrine to the sport that has become a hallmark of their culture.

A collection of relics from the Spiritualist Camp Chesterfield.