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

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

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

A hidden oasis just north of Chicago's Chinatown.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

The collection is exhibited in a Staten Island building modeled on traditional Himalayan architecture.

How did a historical Black burial ground become a Staten Island strip mall?

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

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

In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

Inside this 150-year-old barn turned antique shop is a vast array of items for curios hunters.

The world's only known button museum.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

A curious collection of miniatures in a quiet corner of the Chicago Children's Museum.

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

The 606 is a decade in the making.

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

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

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

Huge abstract sculptures of the Puerto Rican Flag.