A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

The 40-year-old machine serves soda quicker than you can catch it for a mere 75 cents a pop.

Town not known for anything except its strange name.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

The 606 is a decade in the making.

The farm toy capital of the world hosts a museum filled with toy tractors dating back to the late 1800s.

No one knows the origin of this small town’s unique name.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.

The final resting place of one of Thomas Jefferson's formerly enslaved sons.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

This house renovated by Frank Lloyd Wright was the centerpiece of a lavish 20th-century estate.

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

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

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

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

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

A Cajun-style Christmas on the river also involves sky-high pyres and explosives.

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.