In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

Hot Doug's "Hot Dog" Stand.

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

The world's only known button museum.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

The clothes-washing king doubles as a community center with some unusual features, including an aviary filled with finches.

This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.

The unusual medical inventions of the man who gave the world Corn Flakes.

A large collection of motorbikes with some impressive gems.

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

The remains of a religious colony, its amusement park, zoo, and baseball empire.

This museum remembers an apocalyptic cult that became more famous for baseball than religious radicalism.