There's more contention than one might expect from cherry pie pans.

Unique Michigan homes look like something out of Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings."

In the main dining room, a nine-ton boulder caps the fireplace designed by local architect Earl Young.

On the shores of Lake Kalamazoo, a plaque marks a fictional event where an island nation ran aground.

A chilling disappearance (and rescue) of a child uncovers a geological mystery.

These five houses were built for the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair.

It was originally part of a "terrible lizards" collection at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

As Ernest Hemingway scribbled notes for stories, he left a lasting impression on this bar: a charred hole where he extinguished his cigars.

Stock up on superb sour cherry preserves made by hand in copper kettles.

A collection of more than 10,000 racist objects that teaches the atrocities of social injustice and intolerance in American history.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

An ode to filmmaker George A. Romero, who used the mall to film an iconic horror movie.

The Pennsylvania shopping center was once the setting for the 1978 film, "Dawn of the Dead."

This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

One of the few remaining relics of the meatpacking hub that made Chicago the "hog butcher to the world."

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

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

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

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.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.