The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

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

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

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

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

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

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

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

The building was originally a gas station built to resemble a Japanese tea house.

A wonderfully curated used bookstore in an airport.

This whimsical sculpture garden is a local treasure.

According to the legend, this strikingly beautiful hill has miraculous healing powers.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

Literally a million fascinating cartographic artifacts are held in this sprawling university collection.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's final works was this UFO church.

A house and yard adorned with bizarre concrete sculptures in a Milwaukee suburb.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.