This 16-foot-diameter wooden coin has been standing in Iowa City since 2006.

Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.

A number of gruesome unsolved murders have turned this simple home into a morbid tourist trap.

A theater sits abandoned on Roosevelt Road, once majestic in splendor, now majestic in decay.

In Chicago, a pizza-enthusiast has opened a museum dedicated to the history of pizza.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

Hidden on the 7th floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.

An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

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

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

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.