This shop is named for a runaway elephant who smashed through its doors, stole some peanuts, and spent five days on the lam.

This former Indiana quarry has been transformed into a park and SCUBA site where divers can explore the drowned mining equipment.

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

For over 100 years, this Indiana town has had a tree growing out the top of the local courthouse.

The farm where one of America's greatest leaders was raised is now a well-appointed landmark.

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

One-layer pyramid in Indiana.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

This abandoned Abraham Lincoln statue has also earned the honorary of "World's Ugliest."

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

Complex aquaponics systems allow fish and plants to grow in harmony.

A museum of the dime museum that features weird entertainments of yesteryear, from feejee mermaids to flea circuses.

One of the largest aviation events in the world brings half a million aircraft enthusiasts to Wisconsin each year.

This grave marks the final resting place of a legendary frontiersman... unless it doesn't.

This modern castle sat empty for decades before a fire inspired its builders to complete its luxury halls.

The world's longest known cave system.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

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

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.