This lush 12-acre site was once named the finest Japanese garden in North America.

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

Eternal resting place of the grave robber and murderer who served as inspiration for many of cinema’s famous madmen.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This unusual sculpture honors the city's namesake, Octave Chanute, for his pioneering work in early aviation.

A Google software engineer's Easter egg led to what may be the world's most unusual saved screenshot.

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.

This historical marker is all that remains of Octagon City, Kansas, a failed vegetarian utopia.

A stone marker memorializes the spot where the King broke up a street fight with a classic karate stance.

Prolific outsider artist Sid Boyum's concrete sculptures add whimsy to Madison's Schenk-Atwood neighborhood.

This monolithic statue was erected in honor of Chief Black Hawk (even if it wasn't made to look like him).

A bronze plaque marks the site of the only show the "King of the Soul Singers" ever missed.

Hidden away in the city of Madison, Wisconsin is a nearly forgotten home that Frank Lloyd Wright built for a childhood friend.

A renowned Civil War veteran, this Bald eagle now presides over the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Comprised of Spanish war cannons, this sculpture once graced the bow of a WWI warship.

Twelve unique carved plaques across Humboldt tell a story of the ingenuity and bravery of ordinary citizens during the city's burning.

"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.

The final resting place of one of Thomas Jefferson's formerly enslaved sons.