This lush 12-acre site was once named the finest Japanese garden in North America.

Hidden on the seventh floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.

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

This old-fashioned confectionary has been family owned and operated for more than a century.

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

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

Not to be confused with the iconic New York City skyscraper, this Chicago building is a vibrant hub for artists.

A curious collection of miniatures in a quiet corner of the Chicago Children's Museum.

The 606 is a decade in the making.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

This holy goods emporium is where priests go for a little retail therapy to outfit their churches.

This was once the largest four-sided clock in the world (yes, even bigger than Big Ben).

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

The residents at this Yellowstone wildlife park will certify your cooler as "bear-proof."

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

The collection of ceremonial and cultural objects spans many countries and hundreds of years.