This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

One of the few remaining relics of the meatpacking hub that made Chicago the "hog butcher to the world."

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

Former bath house turns gastropub.

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

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.