A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

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

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

This headstone marks the grave of an 11-year-old boy killed during clashes in the streets over the boycotting of British goods.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

This bright yellow building is packed with sweet treats from all around the world, from chocolate-covered crickets to whoopie pies.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

A mysterious air force base built to resemble a Long Island fishing village.

A notorious punk house turned co-op.

Once thought to be the fabled Holy Grail, it is now known to be an oil lamp.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

A stone face watches over the river.

An amazing collection of sculptures and art.

"...I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper?"