North Webster, Indiana
The Dixie Sternwheeler
Indiana's oldest sternwheel paddleboat has been plying the placid waters of Webster Lake for 90 years.
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North Webster, Indiana
Indiana's oldest sternwheel paddleboat has been plying the placid waters of Webster Lake for 90 years.
Terre Haute, Indiana
Whether his story is true or not, Stiffy Green is the most beloved bulldog in all of Indiana.
Kokomo, Indiana
An opulent testament to the boom-and-bust history of industry in north central Indiana.
Lafayette, Indiana
Tombstones carved to look like tree trunks are used for multiple generations of family members.
Kokomo, Indiana
Low-frequency noise compared to an idling train can only be heard by some of this industrial town's residents.
Lafayette, Indiana
An unknown number of cholera victims are buried in two nondescript graves.
Kokomo, Indiana
Along this stretch of Indiana roadway resides a giant insect composed entirely of scrap metal.
Terre Haute, Indiana
In an alley not far from where two great highways meet, byways of a very different sort are honored.
West Lafayette, Indiana
Historians and hobbyists head to this former French outpost for the annual Feast of the Hunters' Moon.
Wabash, Indiana
This shop is named for a runaway elephant who smashed through its doors, stole some peanuts, and spent five days on the lam.
West Lafayette, Indiana
The large rock formation where the Shawnee prophet Tenskwatawa stood and encouraged his warriors during the Battle of Tippecanoe.
West Terre Haute, Indiana
A wartime promise becomes a shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes.
Fortville, Indiana
The bespectacled, cocktail-sipping pachyderm is a strange but fitting liquor store mascot.
Terre Haute, Indiana
Modeled after the labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral, this small-town Indiana memorial labyrinth sits half a world away.
Mooresville, Indiana
This mysterious hill seems to pull objects uphill.
Center Point, Indiana
Lions and tigers and leopards, servals, pumas, bobcats, lynxes, and ocelots... oh my!
Mattoon, Illinois
This small-town park in southern Illinois has a 1,000,000-gallon swimming pool and a 100,000-barrel oil well.
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.
Chester, Illinois
Now nearly abandoned, Kaskaskia was once the capital of Illinois and one of the most important towns on the upper Mississippi.
Effingham, Illinois
Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.
Paris, Illinois
In a grove of fast growing walnut trees outside Paris, Illinois, a marker shares the story of a fictional road building culture.
Fairmont City, Illinois
Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.
Gays, Illinois
This historic lavatory leftover features two levels of defecation stations completely without context.
Chester, Illinois
The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.