An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.

A large instrument played by the wind.

A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.

This old-world mansion with lush gardens is a gem in the heart of Silicon Valley.

An unlikely Transcendental Meditation haven in the American Heartland built around the ancient Vedic principles of balance and harmony.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

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

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

First planned industrial community in the United States.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

The clothes-washing king doubles as a community center with some unusual features, including an aviary filled with finches.

This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.

The last masonry skyscraper ever built reveals a transitional moment in architectural history.

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

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

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

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.