A mythical bird etched into the face of a rock doubles as the mascot for a nearby school.

A bygone village occupation lives on via this quaint public chalkboard.

Theater has had many different incarnations but has survived the ravages of time.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

This candy shop has been serving up sweets to the Louisville area since the 1850s.

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

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.

Walk over a 150 year old manhole.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

The World's First 24 Hour Coin-Operated Art Gallery!! Plastic, Styrofoam, and Elvis--If you can't get rid of it, you might as well worship it!!

Landmark Chicago building narrowly avoided destruction.

An eccentric park and pool.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

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

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

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

Trade in that pesky human soul for cold-hard circuits.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.