This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

The largest freshwater lake in the Florida Keys.

An underwater city for the dead.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

These mansions date back to Chicago's days as a brewer's paradise.

A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.

A Japanese temple, old German townhouses, and public chess tables offer a peaceful escape from the bustle of the North Side.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.

You can take a class, browse the library, or visit the lavish lair of an international men's humor society.

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

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

One-of-a-kind preserved ruins of an abandoned 1880s church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

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

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

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

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

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

A science teacher's dream.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.