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

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

A stone face watches over the river.

An amazing collection of sculptures and art.

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

This double-arched masonry highway bridge is the only structure of its kind in Minnesota.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.

This iconic water tower and failed bandstand is open for panoramic views once a year.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

One of the world's premier laboratories for hydraulic engineering research takes full advantage of the water's power.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.

The Real LegoLand.

A fence constructed completely of skis on Monroe Street.

A palatial art deco restroom.

A Perpetually Under construction Park.

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.

After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.