Chicago, Illinois
The 606 aka Bloomingdale Trail
The 606 is a decade in the making.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Chicago, Illinois
The 606 is a decade in the making.
Chicago, Illinois
No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.
Chicago, Illinois
All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.
Chicago, Illinois
How did a 2,000-year-old Roman column find its way to a Chicago park?
Chicago, Illinois
The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.
Chicago, Illinois
An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.
Chicago, Illinois
A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.
Davenport, Iowa
More than 10,000 spoons, some more than a century old, are gathered here.
Tallinn, Estonia
Rubbing the buttons along this statue's coat is considered good luck.
Takayama, Japan
The divine septet of Japanese fortune gods are rendered in 1,000-year-old wood at this peaceful site.
London, England
A legend says that if this elaborately decorated glass breaks, the good fortune of its owner's household will also disappear.
Vienna, Austria
Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.
Heidelberg, Germany
It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.
Cincinnati, Ohio
This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.
Madrid, Spain
This lucky bronze frog was gifted to Madrid by a casino.
Noisy-le-Grand, France
This stunningly massive housing complex is a go-to filming location for dystopian sci-fi cinema.
Noisy-le-Grand, France
A suburban housing complex with astonishing architectural features, locally nicknamed "the Camemberts."
San Francisco, California
A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.
Loveland, Ohio
A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Cullman, Alabama
A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.
Rye, Colorado
The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.
Antonito, Colorado
Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."