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

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

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

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

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

The mysterious white squirrels of this Illinois city are treated like sacred cows.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

Even with only two residents and one building, this tiny Illinois town is famous for its burgers.

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

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

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

The park that the Chicago Stockyards built.