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The remains of a bustling turn-of-the-century park built to showcase the wonders of electricity.

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

The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.

This zombie-themed restaurant stands out in the heart of corn country.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

You were once able to challenge a chicken to tic-tac-toe at this park, which is now converted into the Aikman Wildlife Adventure.

This abandoned Abraham Lincoln statue has also earned the honorary of "World's Ugliest."

Urban explorers embraced America's now demolished first suburban mall, south of Chicago.

Hot Doug's "Hot Dog" Stand.

The history of funerals and funerary customs.

Once known as the Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane.

Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.

A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.

An abandoned meat mecca now serves as an excellent locale for urban exploration.

In Chicago, a pizza-enthusiast has opened a museum dedicated to the history of pizza.

A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.

This former nursery supplied plants for the creation of Chicago's largest park.

This unassuming city park is home to three different types of Native American mounds.

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

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

A massive bur oak tree believed to be some 500 years old is the centerpiece of this quiet urban greenspace.

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

The only place in America where anyone who wants can shovel coal aboard an antique train.

The world's largest covered wagon is piloted by a giant Lincoln lawyer.