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

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

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

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

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

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

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

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

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

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans' graves.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

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

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

Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

The ruins of a military outpost from the 1860s form the centerpiece of a Nevada state park.

These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.