In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

You can take a class, browse the library, or visit the lavish lair of an international men's humor society.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

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

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

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

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

The longest-serving U.S. Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize winner was born in this humble cabin.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.

A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.

This super-sized statue is the only public memorial to the deal that ended America's neutrality during World War II.

The sculpture's largest spire points directly toward the North Star.

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.