Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

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

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

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

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

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

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

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

This was once the largest four-sided clock in the world (yes, even bigger than Big Ben).

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

A cruise terminal that changes the atmosphere of Red Hook's industrial waterfront.

An homage to Jackie Gleason's bus-driving character from 'The Honeymooners.'

An art installation commemorates journalist Nellie Bly's undercover reporting inside a New York asylum.

A strip of modern stores in historic buildings.

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

A massive forgotten storehouse from 1913 on the Brooklyn Waterfront has a spectacular view of Brooklyn.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.