Train cars and railroad artifacts abound at this restaurant devoted to railway history.

An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

A relic of the Cold War in Chicago.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

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.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

A mini Wrigley Field for mini baseball players.

Meant for a railway that was never built because of the Great Chicago Fire, these piers still stand nearly 150 years after they were installed.

Thousands of hats, pens, and pencils, hanging inside the walls of a former church.

This abandoned 19th century orphanage started as a boarding school for children of Civil War veterans.

A museum dedicated to the dead and the tools used to usher them into the afterlife.

An impressive Sasquatch statue marks the spot of a fated Bigfoot encounter that changed a community.

Behind a modern brick exterior lies the oldest continuously-operating lunch-car diner in the United States.

Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.