“You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands.” ― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.

While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.

This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.

This 19th-century ranch is being transformed into a residential library with thousands of books about the natural world.

The remnants of the base where US Army troops learned how to fight in extreme conditions.

Birds with backpacks expedite film development for a rafting company on a remote Colorado river.

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

This statue of an obscure comic strip hero stands as a tribute to patriotic service and a cautionary tale about embracing fads.

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

A riverside park built around the ruins of a massive dam that collapsed in 1909.

Both funky and traditional, it's the oldest of its kind in Indiana.

Whether his story is true or not, Stiffy Green is the most beloved bulldog in all of Indiana.

Colorful collection of antique musical oddities.

Enjoy classic musicals with a home-cooked meal at this former staple of American social life.

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

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

Urban explorers embraced America's now demolished first suburban mall, south of Chicago.

Covered in tens of thousands of coats of paint, this Indiana attraction holds a world record all its own.

A singular collection of hand-built art deco cars are held in a building with style to match.

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

Low-frequency noise compared to an idling train can only be heard by some of this industrial town's residents.