Elaborate hand-carved wooden clocks two brothers made in their spare time are on display at this handsome little museum.

The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.

The World's Largest Bull.

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.

This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.

One of the world's premier laboratories for hydraulic engineering research takes full advantage of the water's power.

A nerdcentric group and creators of the Nerd Prom.

A collection of pianos and more guaranteed to delight anyone interested in music history.

A Borgesian work of art that may blur the line between fiction and reality a little too convincingly.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.

The largest cemetery in Louisville is the final resting place of Col. Sanders and Muhammad Ali.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

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

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

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

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

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

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

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

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