Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

The gravestone of an eccentric Connecticut doctor features dinosaur tracks and a pair of fossil tree casts.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

This historic park site contains the last remnants of a once bustling canal system.

This statue honoring the most decorated dog of World War I stands in a Connecticut park.

A single light illuminates one man's overshadowed contributions to street lamp history.

The home of the artist credited with introducing the tomato to the American diet.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

Pizza with a side of fine art.

A science teacher's dream.

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

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

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

A 19th-century horse lover's bequest led to the construction of this unique fountain in Chicago.

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.