A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.

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

Pizza with a side of fine art.

This historic-shipwreck-cum-diving-spot can still be seen poking its boiler out of the Lake Michigan waters that claimed it.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

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

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.

Software company Epic Systems has created one of the strangest and largest workplaces of all time.

A eclectic collection of military memorabilia.

The remains of a World War II munitions factory still haunt the fields of this Twin Cities suburb.

A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.

The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

Homemade outdoor church and sculpture garden decorated with glass shards.

These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

A mini Wrigley Field for mini baseball players.

Small-town museum dedicated to outer space ... and bicycles.

A winged-helmed, sword-brandishing tribute to German Americans.

The dream home of an iconoclastic renaissance man still stands as a monument to his domestically mundane vision.