Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

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

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

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.