Housed in a stunning Victorian building, this museum has the largest exhibition of knives, blades, penknives, and scissors in Spain.

Buttermilk biscuits so nice, you'll say “yay” twice.

How did a 2,000-year-old Roman column find its way to a Chicago park?

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

Over the last century, this elegant columned facade has been home to the headquarters of a bank, several nightclubs, and a restaurant.

The all-but-forgotten cemetery is Eastern Loudon County's largest African-American burial ground.

A renovated schoolhouse that highlights the history of Clarke County's Black community.

A Buddhist retreat built on more than 100 acres of California Redwood forest.

This Viking Age memorial contains the oldest known image of a Täby resident.

A curious collection of miniatures in a quiet corner of the Chicago Children's Museum.

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

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

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

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

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

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

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

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

Isak Heartstone, a 15-foot wooden troll made out of recycled materials.

One of the earliest and best-preserved buildings in Charles County, Maryland.

On the side of a Virginia highway, a collection of monuments commemorates an 18th-century trek through the Blue Ridge Mountains.