Chicago, Illinois
The Alvin
A Chicago Movie Palace Lost to Time.
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Chicago, Illinois
A Chicago Movie Palace Lost to Time.
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
The final resting place of Gary Gygax; co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons.
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
A historic ballroom host to famous performers from the big band era to 1980s rock.
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Legend says Dungeons and Dragons players can get their dice blessed at the creator of the game's memorial.
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
This lakefront cottage was crafted in the 1800s and was once a sanitorium.
Woodstock, Illinois
See where Bill Murray kidnapped a hapless Punxsutawney Phil.
Freeport, Texas
This hollowed salt dome is the largest oil storage facility in the world, hoarding 250 million barrels of crude oil.
Lake Delton, Wisconsin
This steep-walled ravine contains animal-shaped formations made from sandstone.
Baraboo, Wisconsin
This circus town museum recognizes the outstanding clowns of history.
Madison, Wisconsin
Prolific outsider artist Sid Boyum's concrete sculptures add whimsy to Madison's Schenk-Atwood neighborhood.
Madison, Wisconsin
Prayers and messages of hope decorate the ceramic tiles of this pavilion.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.
Chicago, Illinois
This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.
Des Plaines, Illinois
This historic store hides a museum exhibiting a shoe-sizing x-ray machine and a pair of kicks that once belonged to the world's tallest man.
Chicago, Illinois
The world's only known button museum.
Houston, Texas
A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.
Houston, Texas
In Houston's airport, a cow is properly equipped to jump over the moon.
Houston, Texas
The only airport with a people mover system designed by Walt Disney Imagineering.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Inspired by a piece of concrete, these three pyramid-shaped buildings have been beloved Indianapolis landmarks for over 50 years.
Mooresville, Indiana
This mysterious hill seems to pull objects uphill.
Charleston, Illinois
The legacy of an unsolved, gruesome murder rests beneath the spans of this historic bridge.
Midlothian, Illinois
A small abandoned and abused cemetery that has become a magnet for ghost hunters.
Arcola, Illinois
This folk art wall claims to be the world's one and only memorial to the bygone age of hippies.
Mattoon, Illinois
The final resting place of the hero of Air Florida Flight 90 known as "the man in the water."