A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

This house renovated by Frank Lloyd Wright was the centerpiece of a lavish 20th-century estate.

A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.

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

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

One of the few remaining relics of the meatpacking hub that made Chicago the "hog butcher to the world."

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

A theater sits abandoned on Roosevelt Road, once majestic in splendor, now majestic in decay.

Former bath house turns gastropub.

Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.

Landmark Chicago building narrowly avoided destruction.

No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.

A Chicago Movie Palace Lost to Time.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

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

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

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