Hundreds of graffiti artists have decorated this flood-wall on the west bank of the Mississippi River.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

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

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

This friendly fellow was built to honor an advancement in mineral processing.

Paranormal activity on the great lakes.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

Only the original archway remains from the building where a false cry of "fire" started a panic that claimed more than 70 lives on Christmas Eve in 1913.

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

Once a slice of Cold War-era military history, this museum is finding its future in the stars.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.

This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.