Chicago, Illinois
Palmer House Hilton
This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.
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Chicago, Illinois
This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.
Forks, Washington
Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.
Detroit, Michigan
This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.
Chicago, Illinois
In Chicago, an empty relic of a time when neighborhood zoos were more common.
Denver, Colorado
The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The world’s largest street art museum.
Chicago, Illinois
A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.
Chicago, Illinois
This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.
Chicago, Illinois
This old-fashioned confectionary has been family owned and operated for more than a century.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.
Utrecht, Netherlands
The cutest way to stay safe in traffic.
Utrecht, Netherlands
The world's largest bicycle shelter can hold more than 12,500 two-wheelers.
Utrecht, Netherlands
'The Letters of Utrecht' lays out a ribbon of poetry one letter at a time, with no final verse in sight.
Chicago, Illinois
In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.
Chicago, Illinois
The rodent-shaped sidewalk imprint that earned worldwide media attention.
Boston, Massachusetts
One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.
Boston, Massachusetts
In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.
Oak Park, Illinois
The first home and studio that belonged to the famous architect.
Wilmette, Illinois
The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.
Chicago, Illinois
Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.
Chicago, Illinois
These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.
Chicago, Illinois
Hot Doug's "Hot Dog" Stand.