Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

This monument owes its name to a quote by the famous civil rights activist and journalist.

Landmark Chicago building narrowly avoided destruction.

Pumpkin-like gargoyles and grotesques peer down from the rooftop of this unassuming apartment building in Illinois.

A Chicago Movie Palace Lost to Time.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

The most accurate timepiece in the world.

Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

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

The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.

This historic store hides a museum exhibiting a shoe-sizing x-ray machine and a pair of kicks that once belonged to the world's tallest man.

Giant six-pack could provide one person a six-pack a day for 3,351 years.

Prolific outsider artist Sid Boyum's concrete sculptures add whimsy to Madison's Schenk-Atwood neighborhood.

This odd-shaped relic from the 1964 New York World's Fair found its way back home to Wisconsin.

The world's largest talking cow would like to tell you about the benefits of 100% Wisconsin dairy products, if only she still could.

The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.

The birthplace of a titan of American cinema.