The largest guitar store in the world has been visited by some of music's all-time greats passing through upstate New York.

A beautiful final resting place with some surprising residents.

Rochester's signature culinary delicacy.

An antique cemetery in New York, this land is home to any number of famed corpses.

The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.

A collection of the best toys ever made, The National Toy Hall of Fame is filled with kids, fun, and for some reason, a bird preserve.

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

Pumpkin-like gargoyles and grotesques peer down from the rooftop of this unassuming apartment building in Illinois.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

Hot Doug's "Hot Dog" Stand.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

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

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

Location of the Real World's disastrous, and protested, eleventh season.

Huge abstract sculptures of the Puerto Rican Flag.

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

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

Not to be confused with the iconic New York City skyscraper, this Chicago building is a vibrant hub for artists.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.

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

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.