Castro's communist ice cream mothership has been serving five-scoop "salads" for over 50 years.

An unassuming store hides relics of its former life as the jazz club that hosted some of the best black performers of the 1920s and '30s.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

A European-style bath house in Chicago.

In Chicago, a pizza-enthusiast has opened a museum dedicated to the history of pizza.

Where dioramas can follow you home.

This tiny Bulgarian town offers a stunning location in the mountains and a storied history.

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

One of the few remaining relics of the meatpacking hub that made Chicago the "hog butcher to the world."

The world's only known button museum.

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

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

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

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.

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

This landmark of the Chicago silent film industry may not be in the picture business anymore but it still stands proudly.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

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

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

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.