Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

A once popular resort—said to be the vacation spot of gangster Al Capone—now remains abandoned in the woods of Arizona.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

G.V. Black, the Father of Modern Dentistry, keeps an eternal eye on Chicagoan’s teeth from his perch in Lincoln Park.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

A plaque on the base of this statue holds a bewitching design.

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

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

A petite castle folly in the English countryside.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.

Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

This landmark of the Chicago silent film industry may not be in the picture business anymore but it still stands proudly.