This massive mall has hundreds of shops, an amusement park, and a history of deadly amusement attractions.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

An underwater statue of Christ blesses the coral reefs off Key Largo.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

This Moab institution functions as both a rock store and a small natural history museum.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.

At the largest railway museum in the United States, you can see everything from an early steam engine to a functioning Thomas the Tank Engine.

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

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

The mysterious white squirrels of this Illinois city are treated like sacred cows.

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.

Kwanu'sila the Thunderbird has been silently watching over Chicago for more than 100 years (kind of).

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

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

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."