Michigan City, Indiana
Century of Progress Homes
These five houses were built for the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair.
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Michigan City, Indiana
These five houses were built for the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair.
Bloomington, Indiana
A collection of railroad cars filled with skeletons, model planets and curiosities collected over decades.
Indianapolis, Indiana
A medical facility that has been kept frozen in time.
Chicago, Illinois
This old-fashioned confectionary has been family owned and operated for more than a century.
Makanda, Illinois
This odd stone memorial remembers a loyal dog who offended the rail barons with his speed and saved his master with his pee.
Kokomo, Indiana
Low-frequency noise compared to an idling train can only be heard by some of this industrial town's residents.
Columbus, Indiana
The design of this modernist church was revolutionary when it was constructed in 1942.
Chicago, Illinois
This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.
Rogers, Kentucky
Explore the flooded remains of a limestone mine in Kentucky.
Carbondale, Illinois
The only dome home to be owned or occupied by dome inventor Buckminster Fuller.
Pomona, Illinois
A natural sandstone bridge nestled within a mature forest in southern Illinois.
Oak Park, Illinois
After an Illinois church was struck by lightning and burned down, Frank Lloyd Wright designed this replacement.
Dodgeville, Wisconsin
One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.
Logan, Ohio
Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.
Ansted, West Virginia
The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Colorful, cheeky signs spill out of legendary New Orleans folk artist Dr. Bob's Bywater studio warning you to "Be Nice—Or Leave."
New Orleans, Louisiana
The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.
Abita Springs, Louisiana
A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.
Pearl River, Louisiana
Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.
New Orleans, Louisiana
In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.
New York, New York
Cooks at this tiny takeout spot grind their rice flour in a stone mill each morning for perfect cheung fun.