Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Bronze Cow
The last remaining vestige of a popular 1999 public art display.
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Chicago, Illinois
The last remaining vestige of a popular 1999 public art display.
Fairfield, Ohio
An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.
Munfordville, Kentucky
A local scoured more than 1,000 acres for stone to create his masterpiece.
Nashville, Tennessee
This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.
West Des Moines, Iowa
A small burial plot formerly stranded in the middle of a road.
Last Chance, Colorado
Winter and summer solstice aligned sculpture in the middle of nowhere.
Mound House, Nevada
On the side of Highway 50 East, between Carson City and Dayton, Nevada, sits a giant metal spider made from a vintage Volkswagen Beetle.
Virginia City, Nevada
What once housed a private club catering to Comstock Lode elite is now considered one of the West’s most haunted spaces.
Virginia City, Nevada
This larger-than-life portrait in Nevada's silver boomtown is decorated with over 3,000 silver dollars.
St. Charles, Illinois
This horror movie and monster shop is like if a haunted house was a retail store.
Mattoon, Illinois
The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.
Effingham, Illinois
Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.
Benton, Illinois
The famous Beatle secretly visited this Illinois town several times to visit his sister.
Cairo, Illinois
A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.
Memphis, Tennessee
The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.
Memphis, Tennessee
This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.
Memphis, Tennessee
The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.
Memphis, Tennessee
Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.
Memphis, Tennessee
Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.
Memphis, Tennessee
The 10th-tallest pyramid in the world, this former sports arena is now home to a massive Bass Pro Shops store.
Chicago, Illinois
All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.
Chicago, Illinois
A monument to the art of slicing people open.
Chicago, Illinois
G.V. Black, the Father of Modern Dentistry, keeps an eternal eye on Chicagoan’s teeth from his perch in Lincoln Park.
Chicago, Illinois
No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.