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A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

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

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

A science teacher's dream.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

The inventor of the iconic Pringles can was so proud of his invention he was buried in one.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

A computer bug so primitive it was an actual insect.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.