Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

Reverend Franzo Wayne King administers spiritual enlightenment through the music of the jazz legend.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A living maritime paradox still floats in the same lake where it was built and resurrected... or was it?

You were once able to challenge a chicken to tic-tac-toe at this park, which is now converted into the Aikman Wildlife Adventure.

The history of funerals and funerary customs.

Fragments of a massive unfinished sculpture sit near the main quad of the University of Illinois.

The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.

The house is an iconic pilgrimage site for fans of the Illinois-based emo band.

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.