A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

The famous bell was secreted away and hidden in a church in Allentown during the British occupation of Philadelphia.

An imposing pair of sphinxes stand guard outside this Egyptian Revival tomb.

This quarter-mile tunnel under the Bluff in Pittsburgh bends at a 45-degree angle.

The largest clock face in the United States is twice the size of Big Ben and infinitely more ad-sponsored.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

Everyone's invited to put on a miniature concert with this world-class musical wonder.

These grassy undulations on a stretch of University of Michigan campus aren't bad landscaping, they're art.

These gardens recreate unique and endangered Michigan habitats.

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

An ever-evolving wall of graffiti art off East Liberty Street.

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.