Eternal resting place of the grave robber and murderer who served as inspiration for many of cinema’s famous madmen.

"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

A remote hill on a stretch of country road where the laws of physics are defied... or so it seems.

Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.

Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.

The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.

This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.

Vikings and Evangelicals have both had a hand in this replica medieval church.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

The oldest house in Chicago certainly doesn't look the part and there are some who say it doesn't deserve its title either.

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

These mansions date back to Chicago's days as a brewer's paradise.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

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

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

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

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

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.