A group of artists transformed this desolate city alleyway into an outdoor gallery of street art.

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

The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.

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

Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.

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

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

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

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

Parking lot where a Chicago mayor was inaugurated under very sketchy circumstances.

This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.

Hidden on the 7th floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

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

The world's third-largest scale model of the planets.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.