Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.

This abandoned Abraham Lincoln statue has also earned the honorary of "World's Ugliest."

The park that the Chicago Stockyards built.

"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

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

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

Huge abstract sculptures of the Puerto Rican Flag.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

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

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

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