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

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

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

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

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

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

The Pentagon is so large that it was planned like a city, complete with internal highway infrastructure.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

Just below the surface, shrimp are producing temperatures hotter than the sun.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.

The park that the Chicago Stockyards built.