The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

Pizza with a side of fine art.

The magic's in the hole!

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A long lost multi-cultural music venue used to reside in the bottom floor of Chicago's Flat Iron Building.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

Landmark Chicago building narrowly avoided destruction.

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

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

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

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

The former private quarters and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud now hosts a museum housing the works of the founding father of psychoanalysis.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.