Fort Wayne, Indiana
Grave of Johnny Appleseed
This grave marks the final resting place of pioneer John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed.
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Fort Wayne, Indiana
This grave marks the final resting place of pioneer John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed.
Wheatfield, Indiana
This bridge was constructed from the remains of the first Ferris wheel.
Crawfordsville, Indiana
The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.
Bedford, Indiana
The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.
Rockford, Illinois
This unassuming city park is home to three different types of Native American mounds.
Peoria, Illinois
One of two identical monuments marking the sites of military training encampments in Peoria, Illinois.
Oregon, Illinois
This monolithic statue was erected in honor of Chief Black Hawk (even if it wasn't made to look like him).
Chicago, Illinois
Hidden on the seventh floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.
Elsah, Illinois
First known as the "Sample House," this construction mash-up was meant to be a living catalogue of building styles.
Volo, Illinois
Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.
Chicago, Illinois
Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.
Chicago, Illinois
A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.
Chicago, Illinois
The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.
Chicago, Illinois
A Bibliophile's Dream.
Point Lookout, Missouri
This museum features the original car used on the Beverly Hillbillies sitcom.
Chesterfield, Missouri
After miraculously surviving a giant flood, the 19th-century nut tree and its offspring are protected with their own tiny park.
Plattsburg, Missouri
The man who was president for only one day and spent most of it asleep.
Marceline, Missouri
A celebration of the animation wizard's childhood home and antique railroad memorabilia collection.
Springfield, Missouri
An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.
Kansas City, Missouri
Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri
A subterranean haunt where wine and homemade biscottis are always on the menu.
Sedalia, Missouri
This historic cliffside mansion uses a natural cave for air conditioning.
Ridgedale, Missouri
If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.
Bonne Terre, Missouri
The world's largest man-made underground caverns offer unparalleled underwater wonders.