Des Plaines, Illinois
McDonald's First Store Museum
Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.
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Des Plaines, Illinois
Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.
Chicago, Illinois
Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A group of artists transformed this desolate city alleyway into an outdoor gallery of street art.
Monico, Wisconsin
Meet the "Green Monster" of Monico, Wisconsin.
Kansasville, Wisconsin
The Bong-area park police have asked visitors to please, stop stealing the signs.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Behind a modern brick exterior lies the oldest continuously-operating lunch-car diner in the United States.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
The birthplace of a titan of American cinema.
Racine, Wisconsin
The spaceship-like theater, which is still in use, was one of the most popular exhibits at the 1964 New York World's Fair.
Rhinelander, Wisconsin
The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.
Shorewood, Wisconsin
A circus of light and sound forms a sensory ode to an iconic train that will never pass through town again.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.
Blue Mounds, Wisconsin
This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.
Chicago, Illinois
The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.
Chicago, Illinois
The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.
Chicago, Illinois
These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.
Chicago, Illinois
The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.
Chicago, Illinois
Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.
Chicago, Illinois
All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.
Chicago, Illinois
A Bibliophile's Dream.
Chicago, Illinois
This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.