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The historic home still shows the scars from a little run-in with the British in 1813.

A scenic fort on the harbor protected Philadelphia from an attack that never came.

Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

Huge abstract sculptures of the Puerto Rican Flag.

This simple gravestone remembers a pig who single-hoofedly raised $19,000,000 for the Navy.

Abraham Lincoln's likeness rests at the top of this giant totem pole.

This odd stone memorial remembers a loyal dog who offended the rail barons with his speed and saved his master with his pee.

The original Garfield station is the oldest station facility on the "L", with the station house dating from 1892.

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

Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.

G.V. Black, the Father of Modern Dentistry, keeps an eternal eye on Chicagoan’s teeth from his perch in Lincoln Park.

Odd, decrepit fountain honors Chicago author who had mixed feelings about his hometown.

A 30-foot man on a penny-farthing bicycle rides along the banks of the Mississippi.

This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.

A strange rock in Chicago marks the spot where a tree once stood in honor of the 18th President.

This folk art wall claims to be the world's one and only memorial to the bygone age of hippies.

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.

In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

The park that the Chicago Stockyards built.

Today this bizarre rooftop phone booth seems like a piece of kitsch but it was once used to spot disastrous storms.

The dream home of an iconoclastic renaissance man still stands as a monument to his domestically mundane vision.

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.