Chicago, Illinois
Calumet Fisheries
One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.
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Chicago, Illinois
One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.
Chicago, Illinois
This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.
Livingston, Illinois
Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.
Niles, Illinois
Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.
Chicago, Illinois
The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.
Chicago, Illinois
Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.
Lincolnshire, Illinois
This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.
Kansasville, Wisconsin
The Bong-area park police have asked visitors to please, stop stealing the signs.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.
Indianapolis, Indiana
The body of one of the world's most famous outlaws is covered in cement and iron to prevent it from being stolen.
Florence, Kentucky
After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
The world's longest known cave system.
Louisville, Kentucky
This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.
Gildeskål, Norway
Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.
Ormond Beach, Florida
The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.
North Fort Myers, Florida
The largest retailer of seashells in the world.
Key West, Florida
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.
Chipley, Florida
A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.
Ragunda, Sweden
Said to be one of Sweden's most haunted places, this vicarage once even attracted a ghost-busting priest.
Dodgeville, Wisconsin
One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.
Baraboo, Wisconsin
A large circus museum with summer performances.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.