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One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

One of just a few cities in the world to base their center of government on an island. Others: Paris and Osaka.

The World's Largest Bull.

A single artist is behind these large-scale models made of hundreds of thousands of two-inch wooden matchsticks.

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

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

The dream home of an iconoclastic renaissance man still stands as a monument to his domestically mundane vision.

A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.

The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.

Even with only two residents and one building, this tiny Illinois town is famous for its burgers.

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.

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

A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

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

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

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

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.