This lush 12-acre site was once named the finest Japanese garden in North America.

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

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

These Depression-era WPA sculptures have made a couple of stops over the years.

Tiny treasures, giant murals, and strange sculptures decorate the windows and doors of this abandoned building.

This rare female version of the Muffler Man has its clothes removed each summer to signal the start of pool season.

The history of funerals and funerary customs.

A Depression-era sculpture by Charles Umlauf survives in a small suburban post office.

The carved remains of a 200-year-old oak tree memorialize the namesake of the iconic "Wizard of Oz" character.

Fragments of a massive unfinished sculpture sit near the main quad of the University of Illinois.

The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.

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

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

Orcas on display and in the water.

From overly ambitious (and eventually abandoned) atomic dream to bustling office park.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.

An architect in Aspen used psychedelics as his muse while building this mushroom masterpiece.

Hidden beneath a bridge, this waterfall is known for the large amounts of graffiti painted on its base.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

This naturally-sourced hot spring is now home to a clothing-optional resort.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.