Also known as the Cathedral of the Plains, this church holds the distinction of being one of the "8 Wonders of Kansas."

The holiday spirit lingers year-round in the "Christmas City of the High Plains."

A local shop filled with handcrafted art and funky home furnishings, vintage, and antiques.

This small museum contains fossils from an era when Kansas was underwater.

A statue high in a hill that represents how Buffalo Bill got his name.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.

Roses and other fascinating flora fill this garden built to commemorate Britain's immortal Bard.

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

The first and only museum dedicated to stained glass and horology opened outside of Chicago in 2017.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

Pumpkin-like gargoyles and grotesques peer down from the rooftop of this unassuming apartment building in Illinois.

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

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

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

A small Chicago museum filled with thousands of preserved butterflies, beetles, and more.

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.

The world's only known button museum.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.