One of Indiana's only natural sandstone arches is nestled between resort ruins and an old Boy Scouts camp.

Artifacts from the golden days of the circus reside in a small Indiana town.

The humble Hoosier roots of a famed Broadway composer.

A set of tall pillars and alcove-like rooms that are significant to the Miami people of Indiana.

The large rock formation where the Shawnee prophet Tenskwatawa stood and encouraged his warriors during the Battle of Tippecanoe.

An unknown number of cholera victims are buried in two nondescript graves.

This turn of the century jail once held Charles Manson.

The evolution of recreational vehicles and motorhomes is on display in the “RV capital of the world."

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

Built in 1869, this now-retired structure looks more like a medieval fortress than a county lock-up.

This graveyard is home to the so-called "Witch's Circle."

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

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

These Depression-era WPA sculptures have made a couple of stops over the years.

A collection of 11 million buttons illustrates the human toll of the Holocaust.

Once known as the Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane.

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

Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.

The park that the Chicago Stockyards built.

A 30-foot-tall goat tower in central Illinois is home to a herd of Swiss ungulates.

An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.

A wartime promise becomes a shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes.