Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

This private island is still in the family after a 400-year history including a witch hunt and a pirate.

Eight rare Corvettes are swallowed up by a sinkhole in Kentucky's National Corvette Museum.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

Every Saturday morning, this microbakery fills up with freshly baked pastries and sourdough breads.

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

A small Chicago museum filled with thousands of preserved butterflies, beetles, and more.

This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.

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

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.

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

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

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

Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

The world's only known button museum.

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

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

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

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

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans' graves.