The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

Forever immortalized in concrete, this Simpsons etching was crafted by show creator Matt Groening.

Definitely not a clown bar.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

Once in disrepair, the house where the 1983 film was shot has been restored and turned into a museum.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

The company moved out of its sprawling headquarters, leaving plenty of traces behind.

Louis Sullivan’s dark, swirling cast-iron designs envelop a popular department store in this Chicago landmark.

A sprawling historic mansion with connections to a notable industrial and publishing dynasty.

The last remaining vestige of a popular 1999 public art display.

This small-town opera house has appeared much more in national culture and history than its charming setting might suggest.

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

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

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

A bronze plaque marks the site of the only show the "King of the Soul Singers" ever missed.

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

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.