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

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

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

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

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

A military museum and library dedicated to the citizen soldier.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

In 1847, Brigham Young climbed this hill to survey the Salt Lake Valley and saw a fine place to build a city.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

Now a museum, once the site of the longest act of civil disobedience in United States history.

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

The Denny Substation has been called "the coolest substation in the world" and sits in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.

A piece of Seattle’s historic Chinatown preserved inside a modern museum.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.