An unassuming store hides relics of its former life as the jazz club that hosted some of the best black performers of the 1920s and '30s.

This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.

Pumpkin-like gargoyles and grotesques peer down from the rooftop of this unassuming apartment building in Illinois.

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

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

A Japanese temple, old German townhouses, and public chess tables offer a peaceful escape from the bustle of the North Side.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

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

What appears to be a wizard's lair in Milwaukee actually houses a massive water pipe.

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

One of the last few period-correct, hand-operated canal locks in the country.

A circle of giant painted vases in the former pottery capital of the United States.

A favorite of Amelia Earhart, ranking among those rare bridges that can be crossed without changing sides of the river.

One of Cincinnati's greatest fighters once trained at a now defunct gym in this Over-The-Rhine neighborhood.

The oldest brick house in the state of Ohio.

This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

A memorial for an outsider theorist who believed that the planet is actually hollow.

The Pennsylvania shopping center was once the setting for the 1978 film, "Dawn of the Dead."

A preserved 18th century homestead in Western Pennsylvania marks the spot where the Whiskey Rebellion began.

The pop art icon's gravesite is broadcast 24 hours a day on his museum's website.

The god of wine stares out at passersby on this busy Pittsburgh thoroughfare.

This secluded walking trail is a hidden gem of a Pittsburgh park.

A private residence adorned with a gorgeous mural dedicated to the buzzing insect.