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

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

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

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

This turn of the century jail once held Charles Manson.

A historic hotel library in Indiana hides more than a few secrets on its shelves.

The bespectacled, cocktail-sipping pachyderm is a strange but fitting liquor store mascot.

Ornate limestone building now filled with geologic specimens, and more.

A turn-of-the-century architectural marvel built on healing mineral springs and salt licks.

This stately clubhouse has showcased German-American culture for over a century.

A medical facility that has been kept frozen in time.

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

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

An ode to the friendship between four Pacific Rim countries.

Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.