Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.

A comedy troupe's collection of bizarre humor.

House built with over 60,000 glass bottles.

Though its branches are painted bright colors by generations of locals, the tree is said to be a haunted portal to hell.

This little barrel-shaped cottage by Lake Superior was once a cartoonist's summer retreat.

This solitary gravestone is separated from the rest in Appleton, explaining why local legends continue to surround it.

The home of 1.5 million wood letters for printing is still a functioning workshop.

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

A science teacher's dream.

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

The world's only known button museum.

Pizza with a side of fine art.

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

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

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

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

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

A collection of over 15,000 zines works to preserve DIY publishing culture.

The ruined remains of a coal mining ghost town are hidden within the woods.