Louisville, Ohio
Molly Stark Sanatorium
This former tuberculosis treatment facility now stands at the center of a public park.
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Louisville, Ohio
This former tuberculosis treatment facility now stands at the center of a public park.
Eminence, Missouri
It's as if the herds walked straight out of a fairy tale into the Missouri wilds.
Joy, Missouri
Around 50 million gallons of water flow from this spring every day.
Belvidere, Illinois
A small cemetery chapel designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1906.
Joliet, Illinois
What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.
Montrose, South Dakota
A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.
South Elgin, Illinois
The final resting place of two unknown soldiers.
Pepin, Wisconsin
Expansive and colorful studio of Minneapolis art-star, Doug Padilla.
Manteno, Illinois
Meant for a railway that was never built because of the Great Chicago Fire, these piers still stand nearly 150 years after they were installed.
Batavia, Illinois
World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.
Geneva, Illinois
A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.
Sparta, Wisconsin
Homemade outdoor church and sculpture garden decorated with glass shards.
Ashmore, Illinois
This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.
Baraboo, Wisconsin
This circus town museum recognizes the outstanding clowns of history.
Makanda, Illinois
This odd stone memorial remembers a loyal dog who offended the rail barons with his speed and saved his master with his pee.
Geneva, Illinois
This cemetery is all that remains of a school for "wayward" girls.
Milton, Wisconsin
The tunnel that runs beneath this former inn was once a hiding place for enslaved people seeking freedom.
Geneva, Illinois
A hidden grotto on the grounds of the Kane County Government Center.
Batavia, Illinois
Arguably the best example of an authentic Dutch windmill in the United States, rivaling its counterparts in the Netherlands.
Geneva, Illinois
This house renovated by Frank Lloyd Wright was the centerpiece of a lavish 20th-century estate.
Wilmington, Illinois
This national park dedicated to the tallgrass prairie ecosystem still displays its military past.
Batavia, Illinois
An exhibit of items from the mental institution where Mary Todd Lincoln lived after her son conspired to have her committed.
Baraboo, Wisconsin
At this Wisconsin museum there are real ducks, fake ducks, duck calls and a Duck Blind.
Madison, Wisconsin
A stone marker memorializes the spot where the King broke up a street fight with a classic karate stance.