This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

The house is an iconic pilgrimage site for fans of the Illinois-based emo band.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

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

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

The spot where three Protestant clergymen were burned at the stake during the reign of "Bloody Mary."

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

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.