Steepest flood safety railway in the entire world.

Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

You were once able to challenge a chicken to tic-tac-toe at this park, which is now converted into the Aikman Wildlife Adventure.

One of the most powerful computers in the world can be visited by anyone who wants to experience more computing than they can handle.

The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.

Hidden away in the city of Madison, Wisconsin is a nearly forgotten home that Frank Lloyd Wright built for a childhood friend.

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

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

It was originally part of a "terrible lizards" collection at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

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

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

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

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

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

The 606 is a decade in the making.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

G.V. Black, the Father of Modern Dentistry, keeps an eternal eye on Chicagoan’s teeth from his perch in Lincoln Park.