Chicago, Illinois
Wicker Park
Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.
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Chicago, Illinois
Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.
Chicago, Illinois
Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."
Minneapolis, Minnesota
An old soap company building now houses one of Minneapolis’s oldest independent non-profit art galleries.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A little-known memorial to servicemen and nurses killed in the line of duty during the First World War.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
During World War II the Thorp building was guarded by the OSS, FBI, and US Navy because of the top-secret bombsight being produced there.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.
Baraboo, Wisconsin
This unique zoo is the only place in the world where you can see all 15 species of crane.
Athens, Greece
An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.
Washington, Wisconsin
Vikings and Evangelicals have both had a hand in this replica medieval church.
Melbourne, Australia
One of the oldest theaters in Australia, it's also said to be haunted by a performer who died on stage.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
This statue of Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks immortalizes one of the greatest moments in American sports history.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Each year, one talented artist puts on a show sculpting twelve butter-based busts of dairy princesses.
Chartres, France
The largest crypt ever constructed in France was built in the 11th century on an ancient Druid sacred site.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.
Chicago, Illinois
To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Built in 1931, this small passageway is believed to be the first modern skyway.
Hardeeville, South Carolina
A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.
Charleston, South Carolina
South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.
Charleston, South Carolina
Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.
Johns Island, South Carolina
One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.
Savannah, Georgia
Local myth claims this is a Sears catalogue home with its windows installed upside-down.
Savannah, Georgia
An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.