Amateur taxidermy museum known for its large collection of white squirrels.

A lovely hidden waterfall right off the highway is well worth a stop.

One man's goal to be surrounded by color resulted in this enchanting assortment of avian abodes.

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

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

This elaborate estate contains a stunning marble aviary, a sunken conservatory, and a magnificent music room with a two-story pipe organ.

This candy shop has been serving up sweets to the Louisville area since the 1850s.

A medical facility that has been kept frozen in time.

At the largest railway museum in the United States, you can see everything from an early steam engine to a functioning Thomas the Tank Engine.

The famous Beatle secretly visited this Illinois town several times to visit his sister.

Built in 1869, this now-retired structure looks more like a medieval fortress than a county lock-up.

A former atom smasher turned into an art gallery.

In a grove of fast growing walnut trees outside Paris, Illinois, a marker shares the story of a fictional road building culture.

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

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

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

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

A curious collection of miniatures in a quiet corner of the Chicago Children's Museum.

Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.

A small town museum celebrates the history of the Ohio county that produced Annie Oakley and other famous figures.

But did the famous feminist and abolitionist ever really say those iconic four words?

An abandoned, rusty old relic of railroad history stands at attention over the Cuyahoga River.

A memorial for an outsider theorist who believed that the planet is actually hollow.