A place for ship-lovers to watch the passage of freighters traversing the Great Lakes while learning about their history.

A ceramic-tiled room at the Seelbach Hotel said to have secret tunnels used by Al Capone and a crowd that helped inspire F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby.'

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

This candy shop has been serving up sweets to the Louisville area since the 1850s.

Pickles belong on pizza and this freewheeling outpost proves it.

A gas station and a state sign commemorating the most famous claims of extraterrestrial abduction.

A bygone village occupation lives on via this quaint public chalkboard.

Inside this community-run museum, visitors are treated to the history of toys and games.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

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

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

Volcanic stone sentinels stand watch at a Korean Bell Garden in Virginia.

Roses and other fascinating flora fill this garden built to commemorate Britain's immortal Bard.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.