An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

Tucked away amongst townhomes lies a restored, early 20th-century tea house and garden, the only remains of a historic estate.

This colorful and fiery mural depicts the Irish folk story of the beloved hero Cuchulain.

This neon landmark has been posing this deadpan question to follicly-challenged Dubliners for over 50 years.

A museum dedicated to Nantucket's legacy as the "graveyard of the Atlantic."

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

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

The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.

A proto micro-nation sometimes populated by artists, surrounded on all sides by a Utah most barren.

The shortest river in America flows for just 201 feet.

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

Three generations of intrepid collectors display their curious artifacts in a homemade museum right next to the caves they discovered.

One home in the historic strip hides secret compartments and the ghostly songs of long-gone canaries.

A little-visited ghost town state park offers a glimpse into Montana’s "Silver Queen."

Operational for less than a year, this mill produced more than 11,000 tons of chrome concentrate in its short lifespan.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

Creek water that starts here has a 50/50 chance of ending up in the Atlantic or the Pacific.

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

Around half a million years ago, these magnificent columnar basalt cliffs were formed from cooling lava.

A surreal, Gaudi-inspired play space near an Anaheim community center.