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

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

America's Most Wanted's set resides in this tribute to the history of crime and punishment.

It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.

Also known as the Founding Church of Scientology.

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.

The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.

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

A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.

A haunting tribute to pioneering photographer Clover Adams.

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

A nostalgic bibliographic gem.

This recreation of a 19th-century dime museum is full of oddities.

Priceless space junk on display in front of a local Dairy Queen.

A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.

Arlington Cemetery exhibit dedicated to death and grieving.

Century-old shop, specializing in Occult products.

A "house to which to flee" for settlers in colonial Pennsylvania.

An unusual and eclectic collection of local historical memorabilia.

It may appear to be a fancy junk yard, but each item has a story to tell and a lesson to impart.

True to his word, George Swanson is buried in his white 1984 Corvette.

This plaque marks a place where one of Hollywood’s most famous dancers got his start.

An ode to filmmaker George A. Romero, who used the mall to film an iconic horror movie.