Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.

Outside Hope College in Holland, Michigan, a marker honors a University without people from the fictional Kcymaerxthaereal times.

In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

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

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

An enormous roadside pan tells the story of a battle for pie glory.

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

The plants form a living library and laboratory for researchers and students at Michigan State University.

World's largest Christmas store.

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.

See prehistoric footprints, plus two complete mastodon skeletons.

Its floors are marked by colorful cues depicting Michigan's native fauna.

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

Everyone's invited to put on a miniature concert with this world-class musical wonder.

Walk in the footsteps of the famed astronaut at Purdue University.

Purdue students would lean over this iron fence to skirt campus rules against smoking and courting.

The world's largest set of the ten commandments lay nestled in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains.

Outside Grand Valley State University, you'll find a bench upon which many were said to have sat according to the fictional Kcymaerxthaere, waiting for a guide of time.

Walk through a clothing store, across a courtyard, and up several flights of stairs for delicious coffee with a side of beautiful views.

Life-sized painted illusions let pedestrians blend in with the street art.

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.

The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.