The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

Narrowest house in Boston.

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

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

This landmark of the Chicago silent film industry may not be in the picture business anymore but it still stands proudly.

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

The 606 is a decade in the making.

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

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

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

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

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.