A chilling disappearance (and rescue) of a child uncovers a geological mystery.

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

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

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

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

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

A military museum and library dedicated to the citizen soldier.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.

The stone marker that Mason and Dixon placed at the eastern end of the famous north-south border they surveyed.

This statue of two men in a rowboat was erected to honor those who died while fishing in the Chesapeake Bay.

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

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

This tribute to the 16th-century composer is now an unusual shrine to Michael Jackson.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.