A sprawling outdoor museum filled with larger-than-life works of art.

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

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

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

The 40-year-old machine serves soda quicker than you can catch it for a mere 75 cents a pop.

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

A river with some unusual, and occasionally dangerous, habits.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

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

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

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

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