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

The world's largest covered wagon is piloted by a giant Lincoln lawyer.

This colorful monument commemorates a little-known story from the life of Abraham Lincoln.

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

A small museum celebrating the fiberglass giants that are icons of America's highways.

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

A giant wooden statue of one of the greatest pitchers in 19th-century baseball.

The carved remains of a 200-year-old oak tree memorialize the namesake of the iconic "Wizard of Oz" character.

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

Once known as the Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane.

A massive bur oak tree believed to be some 500 years old is the centerpiece of this quiet urban greenspace.

This rare female version of the Muffler Man has its clothes removed each summer to signal the start of pool season.

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

A collection of art crafted from various hardware tools.

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

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.

The world's third-largest scale model of the planets.

Steel remnants of a bridge make up a unique sculpture along the banks of the Illinois River.

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

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

The Reagan Peace Garden at Eureka College features a chunk of the Berlin Wall.

A Depression-era sculpture by Charles Umlauf survives in a small suburban post office.

A rural hall of justice holds the world's only comic book and superhero museum.