This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

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

The only place in America where anyone who wants can shovel coal aboard an antique train.

This museum collects over a century of automobile history including the iconic car from The Muppet Movie.

Pizza with a side of fine art.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.