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Michigan City, Indiana

Century of Progress Homes

These five houses were built for the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair.
Added by kateloveshistory
Guild, Tennessee

Historic Hales Bar Dam Powerhouse

Sip whiskey in a powerhouse that once belonged to a storied hydroelectric dam.
Sam OBrien Added by Sam OBrien
Elgin, Illinois

Elgin Public Museum

The oldest purpose built museum in Illinois, home to original Victorian taxidermy.
Added by abigaylerasmussen
Otter Rock, Oregon

Devils Punchbowl

This coastal rock formation resembles a churning cauldron at high tide.
Added by cdanesh
Carbondale, Illinois

Buckminster Fuller Dome Home

The only dome home to be owned or occupied by dome inventor Buckminster Fuller.
Added by codell76
Chester, Illinois

Popeye Museum and Spinach Can Collectibles

A museum and gift shop in a small Illinois town commemorates the work of E.C. Segar and the local figures on whom he based his characters.
Added by traceywilson
Park Hills, Missouri

Missouri Mines State Historic Site

Rusted and decayed, this former mining site is a portal to the past.
elffromspace Added by elffromspace
Rockford, Illinois

Anderson Japanese Gardens

This lush 12-acre site was once named the finest Japanese garden in North America.
Added by ViolaHD
Wilmington, Illinois

Joliet Army Ammunition Plant

This national park dedicated to the tallgrass prairie ecosystem still displays its military past.
AFish Added by AFish
Peoria, Illinois

Camp Peoria Civil War Marker

One of two identical monuments marking the sites of military training encampments in Peoria, Illinois.
Added by smfishel
Philip, South Dakota

Minuteman Missile Visitor Center

Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.
Jemez Springs, New Mexico

Jemez Springs Library Human Sundial

This sundial indicates the time based on where you stand within it.
rickbbiking Added by rickbbiking
Colfax, Washington

St. Ignatius Hospital

An abandoned 19th-century hospital now swirling in ghost stories.
cyanidesiren Added by cyanidesiren
Joliet, Illinois

Joliet Correctional Center

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.
TravelGal Added by TravelGal
Geneva, Illinois

Fabyan Villa Museum

This house renovated by Frank Lloyd Wright was the centerpiece of a lavish 20th-century estate.
Spacekittycat Added by Spacekittycat
Roscoe, Illinois

Historic Auto Attractions

This deceivingly ordinary warehouse hides an enormous collection of pop culture treasures.
Montse writes with ink and light Added by Montse writes with ink and light
Geneva, Illinois

Sacred Heart Seminary Shrine

A hidden grotto on the grounds of the Kane County Government Center.
erinndoran Added by erinndoran
Stoneville, Newfoundland and Labrador

Beothuk Interpretation Centre

The last remains of the extinct Beothuk people native to the island of Newfoundland.
mariellen Added by mariellen
Barrington, Illinois

Place de la Musique

With 8,000 pipes this giant instrument is the most versatile theatre pipe organ ever built.
Josh Added by Josh
Arlington, Virginia

DEA Museum

An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.
WhiskeyBristles Added by WhiskeyBristles
Cairo, Illinois

Fort Defiance Park

The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.
Added by AF
Freeport, Illinois

Silver Creek and Stephenson Railroad

The only place in America where anyone who wants can shovel coal aboard an antique train.
arc459 Added by arc459
Cairo, Illinois

Abandoned Town of Cairo, Illinois

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.
Added by Hoben
Roanoke, Virginia

Roanoke Pinball Museum

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.
Added by crader