This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.

A military museum and library dedicated to the citizen soldier.

First known as the "Sample House," this construction mash-up was meant to be a living catalogue of building styles.

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

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

A curious collection of miniatures in a quiet corner of the Chicago Children's Museum.

The mysterious white squirrels of this Illinois city are treated like sacred cows.

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

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

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

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

Inside this park, an engineering marvel from the early 20th-century still stands.

This seemingly cursed monument is dedicated to one of Canada's great war heroes.

Take a ride on antique streetcars from across Canada.

Reputedly the smallest jail in North America.

The largest canoe collection in the world—and the most Canadian museum ever.

The purported world's shortest international bridge connects a homeowner in Canada to his backyard in New York.

Abandoned for over a century, this chilling train tunnel is now a destination for ghost hunters.

A memorial to the tens of thousands of Irish who fled to North America during the Great Famine.

"You can only scalp a customer once, but you can give him a haircut every two weeks"-Barber's Maxim.

Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.

The oldest remaining authentic Putt-Putt course that Donald Clayton created in Ohio.

This restaurant proudly displays bread signed by the 39th president.