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

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

Indiana's oldest sternwheel paddleboat has been plying the placid waters of Webster Lake for 90 years.

A giant lumpy candle serves as a beacon for this highly scented pit stop.

In an alley not far from where two great highways meet, byways of a very different sort are honored.

More than 3,200 cookie jars line the walls and shelves of this little shop and over 1,000 salt and pepper shakers

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

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

The highest point in Indiana is curated by an Eagle scout but may be in danger of losing its record to a nearby garbage pile.

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

This museum collects over a century of automobile history including the iconic car from The Muppet Movie.

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

The body of one of the world's most famous outlaws is covered in cement and iron to prevent it from being stolen.

Display that gathers the basic elements of the universe in one convenient location.

Ornate limestone building now filled with geologic specimens, and more.

One man's vision and a labor of love of many.

The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.

Lions and tigers and leopards, servals, pumas, bobcats, lynxes, and ocelots... oh my!

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

A stunning, abandoned limestone quarry in southern Indiana provided the stone to erect the Empire State Building.

The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.