The highest point in Louisiana, Driskill Mountain at 535 feet above sea level.

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.

This historic lavatory leftover features two levels of defecation stations completely without context.

This abandoned Abraham Lincoln statue has also earned the honorary of "World's Ugliest."

The legacy of an unsolved, gruesome murder rests beneath the spans of this historic bridge.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.

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

This small-town park in southern Illinois has a 1,000,000-gallon swimming pool and a 100,000-barrel oil well.

An actor's tribute to a former mentor.

The house is an iconic pilgrimage site for fans of the Illinois-based emo band.

The inconspicuous grave of the University of Illinois' first president is just steps from the main quadrangle.

The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.

Fragments of a massive unfinished sculpture sit near the main quad of the University of Illinois.

The final resting place of the hero of Air Florida Flight 90 known as "the man in the water."

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

While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.

The world's largest covered wagon is piloted by a giant Lincoln lawyer.

This colorful monument commemorates a little-known story from the life of Abraham Lincoln.

Today this bizarre rooftop phone booth seems like a piece of kitsch but it was once used to spot disastrous storms.

The park that the Chicago Stockyards built.

A wondrously macabre treasury of obscure antiques and unusual oddities.