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A melancholy guardian doubles as a judicious godmother to this small town cemetery.

A cult archaeology conspiracy theory claims these West Virginia petroglyphs were written by Irish monks in Ogham.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

A small museum celebrating the fiberglass giants that are icons of America's highways.

A Depression-era sculpture by Charles Umlauf survives in a small suburban post office.

This unassuming city park is home to three different types of Native American mounds.

Burial mounds of prehistoric Native Americans who lived along the DuPage River.

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

A massive bur oak tree believed to be some 500 years old is the centerpiece of this quiet urban greenspace.

A mythical bird etched into the face of a rock doubles as the mascot for a nearby school.

A one-armed veteran of the Battle of Waterloo lies in a cemetery for one in the middle of a Chicago scrapyard.

It was originally part of a "terrible lizards" collection at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

A bloodstain from "the wound of the transverberation of the heart."

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

A small abandoned and abused cemetery that has become a magnet for ghost hunters.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.