This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

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

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

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

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

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

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

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

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

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

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.

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

On the shores of Lake Kalamazoo, a plaque marks a fictional event where an island nation ran aground.

This little barrel-shaped cottage by Lake Superior was once a cartoonist's summer retreat.

This tribute to a local man towers within a quaint lakeside park.

There's more contention than one might expect from cherry pie pans.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.