Have a ball telling the time at this giant kinetic-energy clock.

This Victorian mansion is part heritage museum, part architectural oddity, and part ghost story.

Dozens of giant mermaids are hidden across Florida’s coast in parks, yards, and beaches.

A 110-foot concrete dinosaur once sold fossil fuel from its belly.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

Born from segregation and exclusion, Durham’s Black Wall Street is now a living reminder of the city’s past

Haunted dolls, macabre artifacts, and more make up the collection of the “most haunted museum in the world.”

A life-size bronze statue of Ettore Boiardi, the man behind the can.

Dozens of large steel sculptures fill this two-acre park outside a former blacksmith's studio.

The oldest operating hotel in Illinois enjoys a historic (and some say haunted) past.

The oldest house in Galena, Illinois, now is a reminder of when this city was the world's lead mining capital.

This family driveway also serves as the highest point in Illinois.

This monolithic statue was erected in honor of Chief Black Hawk (even if it wasn't made to look like him).

This lush 12-acre site was once named the finest Japanese garden in North America.

This lakefront cottage was crafted in the 1800s and was once a sanitorium.

A historic ballroom host to famous performers from the big band era to 1980s rock.

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

See where Bill Murray kidnapped a hapless Punxsutawney Phil.

This small-town opera house has appeared much more in national culture and history than its charming setting might suggest.

At the largest railway museum in the United States, you can see everything from an early steam engine to a functioning Thomas the Tank Engine.

Volo Bog is the only open-water quaking bog in Illinois, and also the southernmost open-water quaking bog in North America to exhibit all stages of bog succession.

Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.

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

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