During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

An old town theater converted into a celebration of the hobo legacy.

Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

This zombie-themed restaurant stands out in the heart of corn country.

A mysterious and terrifying public art goblin seemingly meant to inspire local legend.

An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.

A number of gruesome unsolved murders have turned this simple home into a morbid tourist trap.

A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

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

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

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

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.