One of the largest Buddhist stupas in North America is built of concrete designed to last 1,000 years.

This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.

A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.

A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.

Take a break from all the boring business of death at this funeral home mini-golf course.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

For those with no fear of heights: a skywalk 4,700 feet up on a Chinese mountain.

An unfinished tomb carved into a giant boulder in the Arabian Desert.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.