This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.

Moving, mind-blowing metal sculpture work of an outsider artist.

Meant for a railway that was never built because of the Great Chicago Fire, these piers still stand nearly 150 years after they were installed.

A sprawling outdoor museum filled with larger-than-life works of art.

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

This former nursery supplied plants for the creation of Chicago's largest park.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

For decades, this waterfall remained hidden because of an artificial dam.

An elegant sandstone stairway built by the WPA still connects two neighborhoods in Akron.

This alley-cum-fan gallery in the ex-Nirvana drummer's hometown holds the world's largest drumsticks.

A grandiose title could not save this mercantile community from obscurity.

There is beauty and history in the ruins of this former company town.

The site of Neil Armstrong's first flight is marked by a full on replica of the moon landers.

But did the famous feminist and abolitionist ever really say those iconic four words?

A collection of witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

This Czar-funded, onion-domed, lavishly muraled Orthodox Church played a starring role in "The Deer Hunter."

The ruins of the suspension bridge hang over Kingsbury Run as a ghost of racial prejudice.

This Cleveland mansion has played host to a German singing group, a Prohibition-era speakeasy, a funeral parlor, and many civil rights meetings.

This garden memorial marks the site where 12-year-old Tamir Rice was fatally shot by the Cleveland Police Department.

A history of tragedy and a pile of eerie stories have contributed to this house's consistent ranking as one of the most haunted places in Ohio.

An abandoned, rusty old relic of railroad history stands at attention over the Cuyahoga River.

Abandoned since the 1950s, the streetcar lane beneath the heavily trafficked bridge lays empty and unused.