The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

Pizza with a side of fine art.

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

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

Vikings and Evangelicals have both had a hand in this replica medieval church.

This lush 12-acre site was once named the finest Japanese garden in North America.

A source of civic pride, though the reason for its construction is unknown.

One of two identical monuments marking the sites of military training encampments in Peoria, Illinois.

Where a brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel, and a recluse met one Saturday and changed their lives forever.

With 8,000 pipes this giant instrument is the most versatile theatre pipe organ ever built.

An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.

"No writer ever gave more to a city and got back less.”

This folk art wall claims to be the world's one and only memorial to the bygone age of hippies.

A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

Roses and other fascinating flora fill this garden built to commemorate Britain's immortal Bard.

A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.

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

This historic-shipwreck-cum-diving-spot can still be seen poking its boiler out of the Lake Michigan waters that claimed it.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.