These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

The oldest house in Chicago certainly doesn't look the part and there are some who say it doesn't deserve its title either.

No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

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

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

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.

This former prison now houses a lovely library devoted to Quebec's oft-maligned English-speaking history.

Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.

Abandoned Italianate architecture on the coast of Maine.

The only remaining historic maritime signal station in the United States.

This Art Deco theater is the last remaining opera house in the “little Broadway of the North.”

The steel hull of a wrecked tug rests on Lobster Cove on Monhegan Island’s rocky southeastern shore.

Its unique collection details the history of the state's svelte railroads.

As communication goes completely wireless, this Maine museum remembers all the wires that got us to this point.

The world's only and thus largest collection of its kind celebrates everyday wonder through simple umbrella sheaths.

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

A giant telephone commemorates the last "crank" call ever made in the U.S.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.

Explore the dark underground corridors of this graffiti-covered former military fortification.