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Accessible only by boat, this centuries-old island fort never saw troops or combat.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

Thousands of objects from a steamboat wreck reveal an extraordinary snapshot of American frontier life in 1865.

The only museum in the world dedicated to the history of sprint car racing, next to one of the country's most historic dirt tracks.

Most comprehensive museum in America devoted to one ethnic group.

This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.

An old town theater converted into a celebration of the hobo legacy.

This library and museum is dedicated to the life and literature of the Indianapolis native author.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

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

Explore an underground labyrinth of miniature railroads.

The site where Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, was killed by a mob.

One of the last remaining French Colonial style churches, this centuries-old building was constructed using upright logs and no nails.

The only dome home to be owned or occupied by dome inventor Buckminster Fuller.

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

How did a 2,000-year-old Roman column find its way to a Chicago park?

The last remnants of a lakeside airport that was bulldozed overnight by the mayor of Chicago.

The young Black revolutionary was killed before getting to see a non-segregated pool in his hometown.

At the largest railway museum in the United States, you can see everything from an early steam engine to a functioning Thomas the Tank Engine.

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

A collection of 11 million buttons illustrates the human toll of the Holocaust.

Planes, trains, and automobiles have all been sunk as attractions at this Illinois diving spot.

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