University Park, Illinois
Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park
A sprawling outdoor museum filled with larger-than-life works of art.
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University Park, Illinois
A sprawling outdoor museum filled with larger-than-life works of art.
Indianapolis, Indiana
A 30-year-old Sycamore tree grown from a seed taken to the moon and back.
Indianapolis, Indiana
This library and museum is dedicated to the life and literature of the Indianapolis native author.
Bloomington, Indiana
If astronomy had a ghost, it would look like this observatory.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.
Indianapolis, Indiana
The body of one of the world's most famous outlaws is covered in cement and iron to prevent it from being stolen.
Logansport, Indiana
This former Indiana quarry has been transformed into a park and SCUBA site where divers can explore the drowned mining equipment.
Indianapolis, Indiana
This whimsical park encourages its visitors and wildlife to roam on and around the various works of art.
Greenville, Illinois
Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.
Guilford Township, Indiana
One of the largest collections of merchandise from the famous British sci-fi show can be found smack in the middle of Indiana.
Bloomington, Indiana
The world's largest collection of mechanical puzzles is a cornucopia of analog bafflers.
Bloomington, Indiana
A lesser-known part of the Kinsey Institute is this impressive collection of art, artifacts, and material culture related to human sexuality.
Bloomington, Indiana
The world's largest anatomically accurate brain sculpture.
Bloomington, Indiana
Ornate limestone building now filled with geologic specimens, and more.
Mooresville, Indiana
This mysterious hill seems to pull objects uphill.
Gardner, Illinois
This tiny historic jail along Route 66 is the perfect fit for exactly one criminal and their partner-in-crime.
Essex, Illinois
Moving, mind-blowing metal sculpture work of an outsider artist.
Peoria, Illinois
A massive bur oak tree believed to be some 500 years old is the centerpiece of this quiet urban greenspace.
Peoria, Illinois
These Depression-era WPA sculptures have made a couple of stops over the years.
Bartonville, Illinois
Once known as the Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane.
Peoria, Illinois
A collection of 11 million buttons illustrates the human toll of the Holocaust.
Peoria, Illinois
The remnants of Peoria's proud baseball past stand slightly abandoned, but not forgotten.
Loogootee, Indiana
One man's goal to be surrounded by color resulted in this enchanting assortment of avian abodes.
East Peoria, Illinois
Steel remnants of a bridge make up a unique sculpture along the banks of the Illinois River.