A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

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

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

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

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

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

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

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

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

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The famous Beatle secretly visited this Illinois town several times to visit his sister.

The park that the Chicago Stockyards built.

Man-made geyser that rises to the exact height of the Gateway Arch.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

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.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

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