It looks like a whale, it's part of Yale, and it's best-known by a nickname you can probably work out for yourself.

This collection honors the iconic, and proudly American lighter that just won't quit.

This museum pays tribute to the largest group in the Iroquois Confederacy.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

An abandoned, rusty old relic of railroad history stands at attention over the Cuyahoga River.

Abandoned since the 1950s, the streetcar lane beneath the heavily trafficked bridge lays empty and unused.

The only depiction of Abraham Lincoln holding a weapon, and the names of all 9,000 Cuyahoga veterans of the Civil War.

This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

A river with some unusual, and occasionally dangerous, habits.

Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.

A wonderfully curated used bookstore in an airport.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

A circus of light and sound forms a sensory ode to an iconic train that will never pass through town again.

Literally a million fascinating cartographic artifacts are held in this sprawling university collection.

A group of artists transformed this desolate city alleyway into an outdoor gallery of street art.

This quirky museum has a collection of more than 15,000 bobblehead dolls.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

The world's largest talking cow would like to tell you about the benefits of 100% Wisconsin dairy products, if only she still could.

A museum of the dime museum that features weird entertainments of yesteryear, from feejee mermaids to flea circuses.

A theme park attraction designed to turn your children into LARPers.