A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

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

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

A science teacher's dream.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans' graves.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.