This unassuming home was once “grand central station” for the Underground Railroad.

A source of civic pride, though the reason for its construction is unknown.

The house is an iconic pilgrimage site for fans of the Illinois-based emo band.

With 8,000 pipes this giant instrument is the most versatile theatre pipe organ ever built.

The only place in America where anyone who wants can shovel coal aboard an antique train.

This house renovated by Frank Lloyd Wright was the centerpiece of a lavish 20th-century estate.

Where a brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel, and a recluse met one Saturday and changed their lives forever.

This Mediterranean castle was built for a millionaire and his giant dog.

One of the first historical sites of an alternative universe was installed in the town of Paris, Illinois—which is now home to an annual spelling bee of Kcymaerxthaereal words.

Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.

Roses and other fascinating flora fill this garden built to commemorate Britain's immortal Bard.

Not to be confused with the iconic New York City skyscraper, this Chicago building is a vibrant hub for artists.

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

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

Built in France in the 1400s, this gothic chapel now resides at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

A factory in Milwaukee where poop is reclaimed… and recycled.

A circus of light and sound forms a sensory ode to an iconic train that will never pass through town again.

A lovely hidden waterfall right off the highway is well worth a stop.

These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

Ornate limestone building now filled with geologic specimens, and more.

This quirky Arkansas wax museum does not shy away from the macabre and the grotesque.

This historic bridge has weathered fires and floods and still stands, now abandoned, where it has stood since 1874.

A giant granite cross remembers missionary Father Frederic Baraga, and his safe passage across an angry Lake Superior.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.