This failed condo development was reborn as a street art hub.

Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

Landmark Chicago building narrowly avoided destruction.

"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

Spend a day hanging out with domesticated Russian foxes.

A curious collection of miniatures in a quiet corner of the Chicago Children's Museum.

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.

Not to be confused with the iconic New York City skyscraper, this Chicago building is a vibrant hub for artists.

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

An eccentric park and pool.

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.

Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.

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