A bygone village occupation lives on via this quaint public chalkboard.

The oldest operating hotel in Illinois enjoys a historic (and some say haunted) past.

Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.

Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.

This wildlife trust is dedicated to orphaned elephant rescue and conservation.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.

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

See where Bill Murray kidnapped a hapless Punxsutawney Phil.

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

A Bibliophile's Dream.

The last masonry skyscraper ever built reveals a transitional moment in architectural history.

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

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

The murals have transformed a residential alley into a vibrant drive-through gallery.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

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

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

This former nursery supplied plants for the creation of Chicago's largest park.

A 19th-century horse lover's bequest led to the construction of this unique fountain in Chicago.