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The preserved remains of the former Milwaukee County Hospital for the Insane are hidden in the wooded grounds of County Park.

Software company Epic Systems has created one of the strangest and largest workplaces of all time.

Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.

Farms are serving pizza made from their own fresh crops, a growing trend in the American Midwest.

Lined with plaques and tributes to veterans, this patriotic street was founded by Mexican immigrants.

Tiny treasures, giant murals, and strange sculptures decorate the windows and doors of this abandoned building.

The famous Beatle secretly visited this Illinois town several times to visit his sister.

A 30-foot man on a penny-farthing bicycle rides along the banks of the Mississippi.

Where a brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel, and a recluse met one Saturday and changed their lives forever.

An exhibit of items from the mental institution where Mary Todd Lincoln lived after her son conspired to have her committed.

This rare female version of the Muffler Man has its clothes removed each summer to signal the start of pool season.

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

The clothes-washing king doubles as a community center with some unusual features, including an aviary filled with finches.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

This folk art wall claims to be the world's one and only memorial to the bygone age of hippies.

This lagomorph-obsessed Route 66 emporium is home to a giant jackrabbit that sits in a bunny graveyard.

While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

Man-made geyser that rises to the exact height of the Gateway Arch.

An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.

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

Arguably the best example of an authentic Dutch windmill in the United States, rivaling its counterparts in the Netherlands.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.