Modern art meets modern convenience in possibly the world's most architecturally important public bathroom.

A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.

This family cemetery is a reminder of a smallpox outbreak in late-19th-century Texas.

This strategically-placed fountain creates the magnificent illusion of mustangs galloping across a river.

This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.

This beautiful grotto is one of those places where you can't believe you're just outside Austin.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

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

This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.

A curious collection of miniatures in a quiet corner of the Chicago Children's Museum.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

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

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.