The bespectacled, cocktail-sipping pachyderm is a strange but fitting liquor store mascot.

Take a glimpse into a pioneer-era homestead at the birthplace and home of Indiana's "Children's Poet."

Inspired by a piece of concrete, these three pyramid-shaped buildings have been beloved Indianapolis landmarks for over 50 years.

This whimsical park encourages its visitors and wildlife to roam on and around the various works of art.

This elaborate estate contains a stunning marble aviary, a sunken conservatory, and a magnificent music room with a two-story pipe organ.

A medical facility that has been kept frozen in time.

A monument to the King's final show, complete with a time capsule.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

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

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

Kwanu'sila the Thunderbird has been silently watching over Chicago for more than 100 years (kind of).

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

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.

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

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

An eccentric park and pool.

Modeled after a famous church in Vienna, Austria—but in Helena, Montana.

The old fire tower is one of the last of its kind in the United States.

See the computer’s history revealed over the course of 20,000 years.

In the middle of a busy airport, a statue honoring the astronaut who told Houston that Apollo 13 had a problem.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

Known as "The Hill of the Little Devils."

One of the world's most definitive collections of musical instruments, spanning all cultures and historical periods.