This cemetery is all that remains of a school for "wayward" girls.

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

The first and only museum dedicated to stained glass and horology opened outside of Chicago in 2017.

With 8,000 pipes this giant instrument is the most versatile theatre pipe organ ever built.

People escaping slavery passed through the oldest house in Lombard, Illinois on their northbound journey to freedom.

An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

Drink among marionettes at this pub inside a historic puppet theater.

The young Black revolutionary was killed before getting to see a non-segregated pool in his hometown.

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.

Medical museum focused on antique anesthesiology equipment.

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.

More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.

A largely forgotten and touching neoclassical marble fountain overlooking a bear mound effigy.

This monolithic statue was erected in honor of Chief Black Hawk (even if it wasn't made to look like him).

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.