This institution celebrates the happy accidents of uncommon sticktoitiveness.

A world of craftwork elegantly curated in a historic brick warehouse.

Gigantic private toy museum featuring among finest collections of antique mechanical banks in existence.

Definitely not a clown bar.

This sprawling building built in 1890 was one of Minnesota’s earliest and largest mental health facilities.

It's believed the soldier was 109 years old when he passed away.

A classic mystery spot complete with spots that are said to make you shrink or grow when you stand on them.

Thousands of people walk over this fantastic work of art every day, but how many notice it?

The world's largest floating loon bobs in the lake to kick off an annual festival.

This tiny Minnesota city tried to secede from the Union as a last-ditch effort to fix its crumbling water system.

The world's largest woodcarving collection includes dozens of Bible scenes and a wooden bestiary, all carved by one man.

A trailblazing sovereign nation tucked in the American state of Wisconsin.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.

The oldest house in Chicago certainly doesn't look the part and there are some who say it doesn't deserve its title either.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.

A science teacher's dream.

This historic store hides a museum exhibiting a shoe-sizing x-ray machine and a pair of kicks that once belonged to the world's tallest man.

Where a brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel, and a recluse met one Saturday and changed their lives forever.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

Where the notorious gang lived while on the run from the FBI.

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.