The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

An antique narrow gauge railway line still running through the Colorado and New Mexico mountains.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

Oldest Protestant church in the Middle East, designed to resemble a synagogue.

A small abandoned and abused cemetery that has become a magnet for ghost hunters.

Inside this casino, visitors are treated to slot machines and a rare German Christmas pyramid.

This open-air reconstruction of an Old West town, a cross between a theme park and a museum, provides an immersive historical experience.

Overlooking the Colorado Convention Center is this giant sculpture made from thousands of triangles.

Final resting place of a 19th century gold prospector and convicted cannibal.

Try the frozen treat that inspired Arrested Development's famous banana stand.

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

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

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans' graves.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

Landmark Chicago building narrowly avoided destruction.

Once an ornate movie theater remade by Catholic Charities.

G.V. Black, the Father of Modern Dentistry, keeps an eternal eye on Chicagoan’s teeth from his perch in Lincoln Park.

"No writer ever gave more to a city and got back less.”

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

A Chicago Movie Palace Lost to Time.

Theater has had many different incarnations but has survived the ravages of time.

Chicago was once a major hub of film production, but being silent film you don’t hear much about it.

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.