Literally a million fascinating cartographic artifacts are held in this sprawling university collection.

The final resting place of Gary Gygax; co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons.

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

Exhibits from an island in Lake Michigan are preserved in this hand-built cabin museum.

The oldest continuously-operating tavern in Wisconsin used a clever loophole to serve alcohol during Prohibition.

Vikings and Evangelicals have both had a hand in this replica medieval church.

This 19th-century ghost town offers a stunning view of Lake Michigan and a journey through the region's industrial past.

World's largest pet casket company brings in up to $5 million per year in revenue.

Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.

With 8,000 pipes this giant instrument is the most versatile theatre pipe organ ever built.

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.

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

A former atom smasher turned into an art gallery.

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.

View Kentucky's beauty and history from the perspective of painter John James Audubon, author and illustrator.

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

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

More than 12,000 years ago, this park was a playground for mastodons.

Giant works of art interspersed throughout meadows and woodlands offer a new discovery at every turn.

The eccentric and colorful pavilions of Tower Grove park are a beloved and overlooked symbol. 

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

In a historic steel foundry east of the Mississippi River, thousands of wooden crates hold the architectural remnants of buildings long gone but not forgotten.

During the 19th-century, this park was a vital trading fort.