This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.

Take a stroll through this centuries-old tunnel of enormous moss-hung evergreens, nestled among the grounds of America’s first public sculpture garden.

This Rocky Mountain mansion was the luxurious home of the authoritarian leader of a company town.

In the 1950s, two women saved this grand theater in the Colorado mountains from demolition.

A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.

Take a dip in the world's largest mineral hot springs pool.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.

A former nuclear facility during the Cold War turned nature preserve.

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

How did a 2,000-year-old Roman column find its way to a Chicago park?

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

A military museum and library dedicated to the citizen soldier.

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

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

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

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

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

This is the last hand-cranked chain ferry of its kind in operation in the United States.