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

This abandoned Abraham Lincoln statue has also earned the honorary of "World's Ugliest."

In a grove of fast growing walnut trees outside Paris, Illinois, a marker shares the story of a fictional road building culture.

The park that the Chicago Stockyards built.

A small rural town hides Indiana's tallest waterfall.

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

You were once able to challenge a chicken to tic-tac-toe at this park, which is now converted into the Aikman Wildlife Adventure.

This sculpture is one of many stunning features along Tampa’s Riverwalk.

Overshadowed by the theme park opposite it, this small museum explores a major moment in American history.

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

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

Baked in 1898 and still almost flawless, this floral masterpiece is considered the world's oldest complete wedding cake.

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

A small abandoned and abused cemetery that has become a magnet for ghost hunters.

This old steel industry company town has a tradition of parking cars on the sidewalk so people can walk in the narrow streets.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

A one-armed veteran of the Battle of Waterloo lies in a cemetery for one in the middle of a Chicago scrapyard.

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

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

This former Indiana quarry has been transformed into a park and SCUBA site where divers can explore the drowned mining equipment.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.