The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage train station tiles.

Over 50 historic windmills whir away at this outdoor museum.

A Foundry on a Sleepy Street.

One of the coolest murals in Minneapolis.

The Art Deco Silver Screen.

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

"...I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper?"

A European-style bath house in Chicago.

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

Designed by Alfred Caldwel, this landscape showcases his vision of a native garden.

The original Garfield station is the oldest station facility on the "L", with the station house dating from 1892.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

A Japanese temple, old German townhouses, and public chess tables offer a peaceful escape from the bustle of the North Side.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

This small, but long-running hobby club has built one of the largest model rail lines in the US.

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