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A modern-day wunderkammer dedicated to Indianapolis history, Afrofuturism, and musical vibrations.

Lions and tigers and leopards, servals, pumas, bobcats, lynxes, and ocelots... oh my!

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

Ruined pieces of stone and a swimming pool are all that remain of an amusement park swept away by a flood.

A medical facility that has been kept frozen in time.

A stunning, abandoned limestone quarry in southern Indiana provided the stone to erect the Empire State Building.

The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.

A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.

Patrick Dougherty's fantastic living tree sculptures, mind-blowing but temporary.

If astronomy had a ghost, it would look like this observatory.

This bridge was constructed from the remains of the first Ferris wheel.

Both funky and traditional, it's the oldest of its kind in Indiana.

Tombstones carved to look like tree trunks are used for multiple generations of family members.

Enjoy classic musicals with a home-cooked meal at this former staple of American social life.

One of the first schools in the U.S. to admit students without regard to race or gender.

This Indiana walk of fame honors music legends with record-shaped plaques in the pavement.

Nature and art meet in this curvy creation

This old steel industry company town has a tradition of parking cars on the sidewalk so people can walk in the narrow streets.

One of the largest collections of merchandise from the famous British sci-fi show can be found smack in the middle of Indiana.

A collection of relics from the Spiritualist Camp Chesterfield.

More than 3,200 cookie jars line the walls and shelves of this little shop and over 1,000 salt and pepper shakers

A giant concrete egg marks this Indiana town as the "Egg Basket of the Midwest."

A concrete block embedded with thousands of pulled teeth was created by a local dentist to memorialize his dog.

This shop is named for a runaway elephant who smashed through its doors, stole some peanuts, and spent five days on the lam.