Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

The abandoned remnants of a little sanctuary for world peace that fell into disrepair.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

A remnant of the last Ice Age, this lake is surrounded by fascinating rock formations.

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

Three connected pink triangles memorialize persecuted gays and lesbians throughout history.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

A natural wonder in south Denmark.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.