Lemont, Illinois
Lincoln Park Nursery Ruins
This former nursery supplied plants for the creation of Chicago's largest park.
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Lemont, Illinois
This former nursery supplied plants for the creation of Chicago's largest park.
Yemassee, South Carolina
Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.
Beaufort, South Carolina
The Lowcountry color with the power to stop evil from entering a home.
Beaufort, South Carolina
This museum gives tribute to the underappreciated "Down-South Submarine."
Westerville, Ohio
Artifacts fill the old headquarters of the hugely influential political movement to ban alcohol in the United States.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Complex aquaponics systems allow fish and plants to grow in harmony.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
What appears to be a wizard's lair in Milwaukee actually houses a massive water pipe.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A trailblazing sovereign nation tucked in the American state of Wisconsin.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Literally a million fascinating cartographic artifacts are held in this sprawling university collection.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.
Logansport, Indiana
This former Indiana quarry has been transformed into a park and SCUBA site where divers can explore the drowned mining equipment.
Greencastle, Indiana
Display that gathers the basic elements of the universe in one convenient location.
Franklin, Indiana
A chapel built by Italian POWs during World War II tells a forgotten tale of the war on the home front.
Noblesville, Indiana
This turn of the century jail once held Charles Manson.
Indianapolis, Indiana
A 30-year-old Sycamore tree grown from a seed taken to the moon and back.
Indianapolis, Indiana
This hidden stream beneath Indianapolis makes an appearance in the best-selling novel "Underground Airlines."
Indianapolis, Indiana
A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.
Peoria, Illinois
A collection of 11 million buttons illustrates the human toll of the Holocaust.
Peoria, Illinois
One of two identical monuments marking the sites of military training encampments in Peoria, Illinois.
Peoria, Illinois
A massive bur oak tree believed to be some 500 years old is the centerpiece of this quiet urban greenspace.