Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.

A commemoration of over 150 of St. Louis's favorite sons and daughters.

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

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

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

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

At this airport "microcinema," you can catch a film before you catch a flight.

Overlooking the Colorado Convention Center is this giant sculpture made from thousands of triangles.

The magic's in the hole!

Hidden in Portland’s West Hills, a 170-year-old marker literally stakes out the Pacific Northwest.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

Craggy concrete faces are hidden in the walls of this artificial cave along the San Antonio River.

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.