This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

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

First planned industrial community in the United States.

An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.

A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.

A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

What appears to be a wizard's lair in Milwaukee actually houses a massive water pipe.

This holy goods emporium is where priests go for a little retail therapy to outfit their churches.

A miniature baseball stadium honoring Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, home of the College World Series from 1950-2010.

An Englishman loses his scalp to a Cheyenne warrior and lives to donate it to a library.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

A museum dedicated to a Cold War era sausage.

A portable, wooden replica (minus the hyphen) of Hamburg’s iconic crooked coffee shop.

Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.