Abraham Lincoln's likeness rests at the top of this giant totem pole.

Just off I-55 in McLean, Illinois, is a place where you can play over 100 arcade and pinball machines for 25-75 cents a pop.

The carved remains of a 200-year-old oak tree memorialize the namesake of the iconic "Wizard of Oz" character.

This tiny historic jail along Route 66 is the perfect fit for exactly one criminal and their partner-in-crime.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

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

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

On the site of a former Army ammunition plant, bison now roam a restored sea of grass.

When beetles destroyed these trees, they found new life as fantasy sculptures.

Dating back to the 1800s, two imposing buildings in Michigan have had countless transformations over the years.

The unusual medical inventions of the man who gave the world Corn Flakes.

A massive portrait of Abraham Lincoln created with approximately 24,500 pennies.

Housed in the university planetarium, the thousand-strong collection of tiny towelettes includes a used one from the hosts of Car Talk.

This mechanical wonder towers above a river in Michigan's capital city.

A bronze sculpture dedicated to a historic labor dispute in the U.S. automotive industry.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.

Historical marker at the spot where Bonnie and Clyde were killed.

The Louisiana sandwich shop that served Bonnie and Clyde's last meal is a museum that chronicles the criminal couple and honors the Bienville Parish lawmen who stopped their crime spree in an ambush.

A cheeky alleyway window hosts tiny rotating exhibits with outsized charm.

A small World War II museum housed in what was once the largest navigation school in the United States.

This phone booth-sized municipal building has been a piece of police property for more than half a century.