This lagomorph-obsessed Route 66 emporium is home to a giant jackrabbit that sits in a bunny graveyard.

This softly rounded mansion was built without corners not to avoid evil spirits, but to make them more comfortable.

Today this bizarre rooftop phone booth seems like a piece of kitsch but it was once used to spot disastrous storms.

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.

While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.

The 40-year-old machine serves soda quicker than you can catch it for a mere 75 cents a pop.

An eccentric park and pool.

This abandoned 19th century orphanage started as a boarding school for children of Civil War veterans.

This architectural stunner is one of the few surviving Egyptian Revival theaters in the U.S.

Arguably the best example of an authentic Dutch windmill in the United States, rivaling its counterparts in the Netherlands.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.

A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

A river with some unusual, and occasionally dangerous, habits.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

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

The mysterious white squirrels of this Illinois city are treated like sacred cows.

The legacy of an unsolved, gruesome murder rests beneath the spans of this historic bridge.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.