Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

Abandoned figurines adorn a small plot on the side of a craft market's entrance.

A bronze statue of the famed Prussian naturalist commemorates the year he spent in Mexico.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

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

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

The souvenir got the company’s founder out of a pretty pickle at the World’s Fair.

The "world’s largest honky-tonk" also has its own indoor rodeo arena.

This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.

The largest underground pedestrian tunnel system in the U.S. mostly caters to the people working in the offices above, but provides a great, air-conditioned way to traverse the city.

Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.

This small park features a monumental fountain wall, providing a great photo opportunity in the middle of Houston.

This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.

Victorian-era Egyptomania left its mark on this Nashville landmark.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.