Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

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

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

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

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

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

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

A science teacher's dream.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.