This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

An abandoned coal mine reached by a steep hike.

Odd, decrepit fountain honors Chicago author who had mixed feelings about his hometown.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

Former bath house turns gastropub.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

Pizza with a side of fine art.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

The birthplace of the Ford Model T is now a museum full of antique cars.

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

A decidedly out of place statue memorializes the Blues Brothers characters at this water bottling plant.