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

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

A curious collection of miniatures in a quiet corner of the Chicago Children's Museum.

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

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

Home to over 300 antique cars and motorcycles, including Thomas Edison's Model A.

Perched atop a brick smokestack, this enormous lug nut symbolizes the local minor league baseball team.

A park and memorial dedicated to the victims of the deadliest school massacre in American history.

The origin of the Nixon tapes is rooted in technological incompetence as much as secrecy.

World's largest Christmas store.

Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.

A crumbling mountain resort that looks like it was abandoned in an instant.

A charming remnant of 19th-century fishing towns sits on Michigan’s Leelanau Peninsula.

This enchanting forest trail leads to ethereal abodes and a giant bird's nest.

This unusual three-way wooden foot bridge spans two rivers at once.

At the top of a local ski mountain is a hidden cemetery containing the graves of just two soldiers.

The tragic reality of a village riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.

This indie movie theater is one of only three surviving Mayan-themed theaters designed by “Detroit’s greatest theater architect.”

While knives are the main feature in this store, visitors will also find dinosaur bones and meteorites.

An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.