This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

A Rocky Mountain city provides a happy ending for a pinto pony and his Brobdingnagian red chair.

A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

Huge abstract sculptures of the Puerto Rican Flag.

Kwanu'sila the Thunderbird has been silently watching over Chicago for more than 100 years (kind of).

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

The 606 is a decade in the making.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

One of the oldest, tallest, and most haunted lighthouses in America.

Jacksonville's highways rendered this century-old grammar school unusable.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

The largest underground pedestrian tunnel system in the U.S. mostly caters to the people working in the offices above, but provides a great, air-conditioned way to traverse the city.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.