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

A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.

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

More than 8,000 drinking jugs say “Cheers!” to a guy named Toby.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

The 606 is a decade in the making.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

The world's only known button museum.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

In the main dining room, a nine-ton boulder caps the fireplace designed by local architect Earl Young.

Two World War II aircraft lie within the jungle around this abandoned runway.

A lovely hidden waterfall right off the highway is well worth a stop.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

The world's largest woodcarving collection includes dozens of Bible scenes and a wooden bestiary, all carved by one man.

Complex aquaponics systems allow fish and plants to grow in harmony.

One extremely determined man's homemade universe.

Amateur taxidermy museum known for its large collection of white squirrels.

A museum of the dime museum that features weird entertainments of yesteryear, from feejee mermaids to flea circuses.

A one-stop shop for all things snowmobile, started by a snowmobile-obsessed group of friends in Wisconsin.

A surprisingly large number of show waterski teams are located here in Wisconsin.

The building was originally a gas station built to resemble a Japanese tea house.