Kansas City, Kansas
Sauer Castle
This Italianate Villa-style castle is pretty to look at, just keep off the private property.
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Kansas City, Kansas
This Italianate Villa-style castle is pretty to look at, just keep off the private property.
Kansas City, Missouri
Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.
Weston, Missouri
The oldest bar in Missouri is hidden within a limestone brewery cellar more than 50 feet underground.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.
Oak Brook, Illinois
Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.
Holland, Michigan
The park is home to the United States's only still-operating Dutch windmill.
Barcelona, Spain
A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.
Lombard, Illinois
This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
A theme park attraction designed to turn your children into LARPers.
Brookfield, Illinois
What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.
Batavia, Illinois
World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.
Lisle, Illinois
A tribute to one granddaughter's old apartment which now represents the whims of each visitor.
Schaumburg, Illinois
The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.
Galena, Illinois
The oldest house in Galena, Illinois, now is a reminder of when this city was the world's lead mining capital.