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

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

Canada's largest dinosaur skeleton was hidden away in storage for more than 40 years.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

Dakota legend claims this locally iconic pinnacle was once part of a sacred burial site that was cleaved in two.

Giant six-pack could provide one person a six-pack a day for 3,351 years.

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

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

The building was originally a gas station built to resemble a Japanese tea house.

Paranormal activity on the great lakes.

One of the largest crucifixes in the world stands 55 feet tall in a secluded, wooded area of northern Michigan.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

A lovely hidden waterfall right off the highway is well worth a stop.

A charming remnant of 19th-century fishing towns sits on Michigan’s Leelanau Peninsula.

As its grandiose name implies, this wooden dome is unsurpassed in size.

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.

This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.

Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.

One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.