Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

A magnificent church designed by world-renowned architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.

A river with some unusual, and occasionally dangerous, habits.

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

Hidden on the 7th floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.

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

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

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

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

The last masonry skyscraper ever built reveals a transitional moment in architectural history.

This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

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

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.