This odd stone memorial remembers a loyal dog who offended the rail barons with his speed and saved his master with his pee.

In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

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

A military museum and library dedicated to the citizen soldier.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

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

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

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

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

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