A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

Theater has had many different incarnations but has survived the ravages of time.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

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

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

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

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

The world's only known button museum.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

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.

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.