A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

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

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans' graves.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

This house designed by Frank Lloyd and Louis Sullivan was destroyed twice and reconstructed to near original condition.

A brick-lined alley full of public artwork tucked away in downtown Gulfport.

This tomb was fashioned with a sliding window for a grieving mother who struggled with her daughter's death.

The last intact steam engine factory in the United States.

This roadside attraction in the woods of Mississippi is a scalable replica of the Holy Lands during biblical times.

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

The permanent home of a 1960s traveling museum of tiny historical dioramas.

Once a bustling cotton factory, this early 20th-century building is now home to a thriving artspace.

A natural history museum with an extensive collection of bird dioramas.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

This space rock fragment is one of the only meteors to have ever struck a human.

This ghost town houses the remains of Alabama's old state capital.