A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

Orthodox church partially financed by Tsar Nicolas II.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

An abandoned coal mine reached by a steep hike.

This small West Virginia park is a land trust holdout against mountaintop removal mining.

A memorial in coal country commemorates the victims of an all-too-preventable mining disaster.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

Low tide reveals 8,000-year-old rock carvings in Southern Alaska.

The ruins of this Alaska gold mine form a gorgeous ghost town.

This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

This scenic gorge is named after one of the most famous Bigfoot attacks in pseudohistory.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.