What began as an illegal art installation has become a symbol for unity, ocean awareness, and coastline preservation.

A futuristic-looking beach house built for the owner of a snack food brand.

This award-winning men's bathroom was just too beautiful to not allow women to see.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

4,000 monkeys used for medical testing on an island off of South Carolina.

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

An enthusiastically interactive mining museum that won't let black lung ruin the fun.

A lifetime's accumulation of bric-a-brac and kitsch.

A sprawling museum filled with larger-than-life works of art.

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

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

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

A small abandoned and abused cemetery that has become a magnet for ghost hunters.

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

This national park dedicated to the tallgrass prairie ecosystem still displays its military past.

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

More than 8,000 drinking jugs say “Cheers!” to a guy named Toby.

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

Superfans of The Shawshank Redemption can take a driving tour of most of the films real locations.