The rodent-shaped sidewalk imprint that earned worldwide media attention.

Hot Doug's "Hot Dog" Stand.

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

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 spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

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

The last masonry skyscraper ever built reveals a transitional moment in architectural history.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

The first U.S. town to secede from the Union, only to vote themselves right back in.

The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.

The only remaining hotel on the 1860s Henness Pass route over the Sierra Nevada is being restored.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

A statue commemorating the heroic life of a Viking postman who was the Godfather of California skiing.

The largest drain hole in the world.

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

Pillars made of 700 pieces of luggage climb to the ceiling of Sacramento Airport's baggage claim.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

This tribute to the 16th-century composer is now an unusual shrine to Michael Jackson.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.