A bloodstain from "the wound of the transverberation of the heart."

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.

The lynching and burial site of America's first train robbers.

Tucked away in the forests of Indiana resides an abandoned waterslide that is now a popular graffiti haunt.

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

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

The murals have transformed a residential alley into a vibrant drive-through gallery.

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

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

This monolithic statue was erected in honor of Chief Black Hawk (even if it wasn't made to look like him).

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

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

It was originally part of a "terrible lizards" collection at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

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

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