Oracle, Arizona
Biosphere 2
A reproduction of earth's many biomes.
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Oracle, Arizona
A reproduction of earth's many biomes.
Oracle, Arizona
An off-the-beaten path cave with an underground lake.
Tucson, Arizona
The sprawling attraction boasts a collection of more than 150 historic wagons.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.
Detroit, Michigan
Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit’s downtown castle is one of the oldest structures in the city.
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit housing collective working to create an "environment for revolutionary change."
Detroit, Michigan
Collective made up of artists, musicians, and activists.
Dearborn, Michigan
The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
An unusual assortment of art, furniture, and other curiosities.
North St Paul, Minnesota
Admire the art and then buy a raccoon skull cleaned by flesh-eating beetles.
Lake Forest, Illinois
The remains of a Rockefeller's lush Italianate estate hidden in the underbrush on the coast of Lake Michigan.
Lincolnshire, Illinois
This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.
Chicago, Illinois
First planned industrial community in the United States.
Winnetka, Illinois
Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.
Chicago, Illinois
Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.
Chicago, Illinois
A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.
Chicago, Illinois
A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.
Chicago, Illinois
This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.
Chicago, Illinois
Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.
Chicago, Illinois
This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.