A wondrously macabre treasury of obscure antiques and unusual oddities.

The remnants of Peoria's proud baseball past stand slightly abandoned, but not forgotten.

An actor's tribute to a former mentor.

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

Lined with plaques and tributes to veterans, this patriotic street was founded by Mexican immigrants.

Walk along the intricate path of this stone labyrinth and gardens.

One of the finest examples of a black soil prairie that was barely saved by the Great Depression.

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.

See where Bill Murray kidnapped a hapless Punxsutawney Phil.

One of two identical monuments marking the sites of military training encampments in Peoria, Illinois.

Tiny treasures, giant murals, and strange sculptures decorate the windows and doors of this abandoned building.

A source of civic pride, though the reason for its construction is unknown.

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

A mini Wrigley Field for mini baseball players.

Twice a year, this road is closed off to allow for the migration of thousands of snakes, reptiles and amphibians between cliffs and a swamp.

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

Now nearly abandoned, Kaskaskia was once the capital of Illinois and one of the most important towns on the upper Mississippi.

This simple gravestone remembers a pig who single-hoofedly raised $19,000,000 for the Navy.

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

At the largest railway museum in the United States, you can see everything from an early steam engine to a functioning Thomas the Tank Engine.

A tribute to one granddaughter's old apartment which now represents the whims of each visitor.

The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.

A relic of the Cold War in Chicago.

Once an ornate movie theater remade by Catholic Charities.