A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

This abstract sculpture is rumored to cast a hammer-and-sickle shadow once a year.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

A lesser-known part of the Kinsey Institute is this impressive collection of art, artifacts, and material culture related to human sexuality.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Rabbit Hash is a heaping slice of Americana from another era, with a very peculiar origin behind its unusual name.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

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

A science teacher's dream.

These mansions date back to Chicago's days as a brewer's paradise.

A long lost multi-cultural music venue used to reside in the bottom floor of Chicago's Flat Iron Building.

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

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

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.