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A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

This grave marks the final resting place of pioneer John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed.

Two Indiana icons are honored at this tiny museum, which features the world's largest collection of James Dean memorabilia.

Outside Grand Valley State University, you'll find a bench upon which many were said to have sat according to the fictional Kcymaerxthaere, waiting for a guide of time.

The remains of a religious colony, its amusement park, zoo, and baseball empire.

This small-town park in southern Illinois has a 1,000,000-gallon swimming pool and a 100,000-barrel oil well.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.

An exhibit of items from the mental institution where Mary Todd Lincoln lived after her son conspired to have her committed.

This architectural stunner is one of the few surviving Egyptian Revival theaters in the U.S.

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

A science teacher's dream.

This historic store hides a museum exhibiting a shoe-sizing x-ray machine and a pair of kicks that once belonged to the world's tallest man.

Just outside Chicago, one of the few traditional Mongolian restaurants in the U.S. serves a misunderstood cuisine.

Where a brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel, and a recluse met one Saturday and changed their lives forever.

Take a break from all the boring business of death at this funeral home mini-golf course.

Grand opera on a miniature scale.

This house renovated by Frank Lloyd Wright was the centerpiece of a lavish 20th-century estate.

A hidden grotto on the grounds of the Kane County Government Center.

A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.

The rodent-shaped sidewalk imprint that earned worldwide media attention.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.