A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

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

A tribute to one granddaughter's old apartment which now represents the whims of each visitor.

The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.

Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.

Ecuador's largest Incan ruins show evidence of sophisticated irrigation and diplomacy among the ancient builders.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

This picturesque stream was up until recently the site of a ten story mountain of slag and sewage.

Once the most painted on object in the world, this short campus fence is well on its way to being so again.

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.

Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.