This picturesque stream was up until recently the site of a ten story mountain of slag and sewage.

Despite being stolen multiple times, this civic electrician's street corner Snoopy won't be stopped.

This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.

A historic covered bridge is but one example of an oddly prevalent American urban legend.

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.

It may take some time to locate, but it's sure to warm even a heart of stone.

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

An ADA-accessible trail and deck offering stunning views of Colorado’s Mount of the Holy Cross.

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

A bloodstain from "the wound of the transverberation of the heart."

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

People escaping slavery passed through the oldest house in Lombard, Illinois on their northbound journey to freedom.

An eccentric park and pool.

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

A one-armed veteran of the Battle of Waterloo lies in a cemetery for one in the middle of a Chicago scrapyard.

A relic of the Cold War in Chicago.

This old steel industry company town has a tradition of parking cars on the sidewalk so people can walk in the narrow streets.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

The first artificial white water river course in North America cuts right through an Indiana city.

This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.