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

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

A former barn converted into a massive train diorama.

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

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.

The first artificial white water river course in North America cuts right through an Indiana city.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

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

A theater sits abandoned on Roosevelt Road, once majestic in splendor, now majestic in decay.

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

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

A science teacher's dream.

One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.