A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

In Houston's airport, a cow is properly equipped to jump over the moon.

Designed by Alfred Caldwel, this landscape showcases his vision of a native garden.

No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

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

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

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

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.

At the largest railway museum in the United States, you can see everything from an early steam engine to a functioning Thomas the Tank Engine.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.