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Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

The murals have transformed a residential alley into a vibrant drive-through gallery.

The first and only museum dedicated to stained glass and horology opened outside of Chicago in 2017.

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

Pizza with a side of fine art.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.

The largest underground pedestrian tunnel system in the U.S. mostly caters to the people working in the offices above, but provides a great, air-conditioned way to traverse the city.

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

This seaworthy collection was sparked by one man's passion for sailing.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

The sign to a demolished amusement park now stands in front of a local library.

The young Black revolutionary was killed before getting to see a non-segregated pool in his hometown.

A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

After an Illinois church was struck by lightning and burned down, Frank Lloyd Wright designed this replacement.

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

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.