An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.

One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

A Maryland museum dedicated to Black history, housed in a historic church.

This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.

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

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

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

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

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

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

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

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

It was originally part of a "terrible lizards" collection at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.