Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.

This striking arch, one of the first architectural elements constructed in Prospect Park, was recently restored to its original glory.

This 19th-century clock has been restored to help withstand the harsh environment of its seaside home.

How a century-old glass factory in Queens became a concert venue and arts center.

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

This monument is dedicated to Balto, the heroic Alaskan sled dog.

A wooden rollercoaster that still delivers a thrill.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

For nearly 200 years the same family has harvested ice from a small pond in eastern Maine.

Cheap art and political theater in Vermont.

This folk art dinosaur was almost pushed to extinction due to lack of a building permit.

Chicago’s last original drive-in restaurant is a family-run hot dog joint that started in 1948.

In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.

Location of the Real World's disastrous, and protested, eleventh season.

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

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

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

Theater has had many different incarnations but has survived the ravages of time.

This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.