A celebration of the animation wizard's childhood home and antique railroad memorabilia collection.

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."

A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.

This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.

The iconic remains of the original Academic Hall that burned down in 1892.

Two Ming Dynasty lion statues guard the entrance to the journalism school.

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

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

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

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

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

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

Louis Sullivan’s dark, swirling cast-iron designs envelop a popular department store in this Chicago landmark.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

A team of concrete athletes stands in the middle of a traffic circle.