The inconspicuous grave of the University of Illinois' first president is just steps from the main quadrangle.

The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.

Fragments of a massive unfinished sculpture sit near the main quad of the University of Illinois.

It's a unique monument honoring a great character who inspired a generation of young women to be more and pursue their dreams.

Ornate limestone building now filled with geologic specimens, and more.

A wartime promise becomes a shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes.

In an alley not far from where two great highways meet, byways of a very different sort are honored.

Modeled after the labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral, this small-town Indiana memorial labyrinth sits half a world away.

The world's largest anatomically accurate brain sculpture.

A lesser-known part of the Kinsey Institute is this impressive collection of art, artifacts, and material culture related to human sexuality.

The world's largest collection of mechanical puzzles is a cornucopia of analog bafflers.

Where hikers on the Tecumseh Trail can exchange a dirty sock for a free geode.

A 30-year-old Sycamore tree grown from a seed taken to the moon and back.

This multisensory alley has the ability to remind bustling citygoers to stop and smell the roses.

This stately clubhouse has showcased German-American culture for over a century.

The largest historic preservation organization in the United States.

This elaborate estate contains a stunning marble aviary, a sunken conservatory, and a magnificent music room with a two-story pipe organ.

This whimsical park encourages its visitors and wildlife to roam on and around the various works of art.

Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.

A flamboyantly decorated bridge signals diversity and fellowship at the entry to Indianapolis' Broad Ripple Village.

Nature and art meet in this curvy creation

An unknown number of cholera victims are buried in two nondescript graves.

Purdue students would lean over this iron fence to skirt campus rules against smoking and courting.

Walk in the footsteps of the famed astronaut at Purdue University.