This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.

A small Chicago museum filled with thousands of preserved butterflies, beetles, and more.

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

Grand opera on a miniature scale.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.

A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.

A sprawling outdoor museum filled with larger-than-life works of art.

The world's largest collection of mechanical puzzles is a cornucopia of analog bafflers.

Both funky and traditional, it's the oldest of its kind in Indiana.

A collection of sculptures and trails that appear to change with the seasons.

Ornate limestone building now filled with geologic specimens, and more.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

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

This large cave is a summer home to thousands of bats and has a rich history dating back to prehistoric times.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

An ancient cave system in Tennessee’s Appalachian foothills converted to a 1,200-person music venue.

Where you can experience the story of Appalachia, as told by Appalachians.

Rare and classic books by Black authors are the focus at this independent bookstore in a historic Atlanta neighborhood.

Dubbed the "smallest church in America," this tiny sanctuary was a local grocer's dream come true.

Proceeds from this colorful teahouse in a historic Atlanta neighborhood directly fund women’s education in northeast India.

A herd of plastic cows hangs out under this transmission tower in rural Georgia.