Orthodox church partially financed by Tsar Nicolas II.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

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

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

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

A Bibliophile's Dream.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.

Cave carved out of a huge snow drift collapsed killing one and injuring five in July 2015.

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

Hundreds of hopeful gold miners came here to get rich, but only two years later the small town was deserted.

The strange phenomenon causing gravity to "work backwards" on this hill has been blamed on the paranormal.

A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.