What appears to be a wizard's lair in Milwaukee actually houses a massive water pipe.

Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

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

A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

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

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

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

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

This theater opened in 1998, but both the building and the puppeteers who perform there have a distinguished history.

"Leave a He-Man, Take a Transformer" and share a story about your real-life superhero.

The French deconstructionist had a weakness for baked goods.

This former New Jersey bus now exists as a public art exhibit.

The lesser-known Alice sculpture of Central Park dedicated to the “godmother of American children.”

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

Hidden inside one of the world's most well-visited zoos is a secret plaque promising eternal life.

These sculptures were designed to beautify this neighborhood when it was established in the 1940s.

This fancifully decorated Victorian home in New York’s Hudson Valley is the only known fully domed octagonal residence in the United States.

An homage to Jackie Gleason's bus-driving character from 'The Honeymooners.'

A world of whimsy and wonder aboard a one of a kind historic landmark vessel.

The highest natural point in New York City and all of the Atlantic coastal plain.

A touching tribute to the "Queen of Soul."