Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

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

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.

An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

Collection of vintage trailers double as hotel rooms.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

A home designed to be on the cutting edge of comfortable, low-cost living.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

A peaceful place in the woods where everything is a work in progress.

A former atom smasher turned into an art gallery.

Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.

An Art Deco gem that held together the artistic heart of an agricultural community for 92 years.

One of the most powerful computers in the world can be visited by anyone who wants to experience more computing than they can handle.

This deceivingly ordinary warehouse hides an enormous collection of pop culture treasures.

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

This architectural stunner is one of the few surviving Egyptian Revival theaters in the U.S.

This landmark of the Chicago silent film industry may not be in the picture business anymore but it still stands proudly.

You can take a class, browse the library, or visit the lavish lair of an international men's humor society.

Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.

Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.