A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A stunning, abandoned limestone quarry in southern Indiana provided the stone to erect the Empire State Building.

Ornate limestone building now filled with geologic specimens, and more.

A lesser-known part of the Kinsey Institute is this impressive collection of art, artifacts, and material culture related to human sexuality.

If astronomy had a ghost, it would look like this observatory.

The world's largest collection of mechanical puzzles is a cornucopia of analog bafflers.

The world's largest anatomically accurate brain sculpture.

For over 100 years, this Indiana town has had a tree growing out the top of the local courthouse.

Indiana's shrine to the sport that has become a hallmark of their culture.

This library and museum is dedicated to the life and literature of the Indianapolis native author.

Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.

A flamboyantly decorated bridge signals diversity and fellowship at the entry to Indianapolis' Broad Ripple Village.

This tiny, tranquil Senegalese island serves as a powerful symbol of the Atlantic slave trade.

Dakar is home to one of the oldest African art institutions in West Africa.

Despite a fraught and controversial history this African island holds a powerful monument to the tragedy of the slave trade.