Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

A beloved horticultural oasis on the grounds of a wealthy family's former estate.

An eccentric priest's tribute to George Washington, this chapel tells the story of the American Revolution.

Inside this 150-year-old barn turned antique shop is a vast array of items for curios hunters.

A pride of the state, this working museum crafts pottery mosaics in the style of Pennsylvania's earliest European settlers.

This historic old movie house was the scene of one of the Blob's most iconic attacks.

These lush botanical gardens employ the most purrfect pest control force.

A field of nothing but boulders which resembles a giant's gravel driveway.

This park contains a number of standing stones meant to heal and inspire.

This hidden gem of a garden has one of the only surviving Victorian ferneries in America.

This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.

The first partially complete dinosaur skeleton was discovered here, forever changing the world's view of the ruling reptiles.

One of the world's largest model railroads is a mind-boggling achievement.

Though the case is scorched and the buttons half-melted, this hardy handheld gaming device can still run a game of Tetris.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

Former bath house turns gastropub.

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

One-of-a-kind preserved ruins of an abandoned 1880s church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.