The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

In one Chicago park, a trio of werewolves are waiting to devour their fallen brethren.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

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

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

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

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

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

Undone by Prohibition, this abandoned brewery-turned-flour mill is now ready for its third act.

This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

This Italianate Villa-style castle is pretty to look at, just keep off the private property.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.

One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

The oldest olive tree in Greece has been bearing fruit for at least 2,000 years.

The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.

A tiny monument to the classic American candy.

The system of air guns are fired off remotely to scare any trespassing avians.