A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

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

First planned industrial community in the United States.

A sprawling outdoor museum filled with larger-than-life works of art.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

The story of a Floridian city as told through an obscure sport for retirees.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

This salad has two key ingredients: hearts of palm and green ice cream.

A collection of 1,300 accordions of all shapes and sizes displayed in chronological order.

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.

The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.

Easily overlooked in favor of the wineries that dot the region, this blast from the past is equally worth the visit.

In the main dining room, a nine-ton boulder caps the fireplace designed by local architect Earl Young.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

The world's only bushplane museum captures the spirit of the early planes and pilots and their contributions to northern life in Canada.

Watch the ships come in on Michigan's 210 ft. high observation deck in Sault Ste. Marie.

Two dozen rescued bears roam (mostly) free at the largest bear ranch in the U.S.

A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.

Large pioneer village showcasing life during boom times.

Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole.

A statue honors the genius who allegedly first took a meatball and made it into a hamburger.