Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

The telescope that discovered Neptune.

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

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

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

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

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

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

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

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

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

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

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

This lakefront cottage was crafted in the 1800s and was once a sanitorium.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

This little gem of a museum is a hidden jewel filled with prehistoric treasures.

An ornate Art Deco tile mosaic representing Nebraskan life, both modern and prehistoric.

The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.