A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

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

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

A science teacher's dream.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.

An underwater city for the dead.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

An 18-mile-long tunnel for sewage waste will soon wind within the bowels of Washington, D.C.

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.

A wonderland of folk art including the World’s Largest Grit. 

An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.

They call this long foot bridge a swinging bridge, but really it's the bouncing you have to watch out for.