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Dubbed the "smallest church in America," this tiny sanctuary was a local grocer's dream come true.

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

A 19th-century horse lover's bequest led to the construction of this unique fountain in Chicago.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

The original Garfield station is the oldest station facility on the "L", with the station house dating from 1892.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

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

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

Over 1,000 pieces of one of the most niche art objects imaginable: the glass paperweight.

This tiny 19th-century tunnel was built so a man could move his cows from one field to another.

Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.

This stone memorial pays tribute to a massive shipwreck which was sadly overshadowed by the death of John Wilkes Booth.

A bronze sculpture honors the 12 black students who attended the first integrated public high school in the segregated South.

This Tennessee manse was built so opulent that the very utilities doomed it to fail.

This hotel was used during the Manhattan Project to house official visitors.

This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.

One of the world's largest automobile junkyards is a unique landscape of metal and moss.

These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.

The national park was once a plantation estate.

An oft-overlooked, magically musical monolith that stands majestically between Arlington Cemetery and the Iwo Jima Memorial.

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.