San Francisco, California
Musée Mécanique
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
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San Francisco, California
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
San Francisco, California
Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.
San Francisco, California
A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.
San Francisco, California
The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.
San Francisco, California
An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.
San Francisco, California
A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.
Kingman, Arizona
Don't blink or you'll miss it.
Kingman, Arizona
A tribute to the statues of Easter Island along Route 66.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.
Chicago, Illinois
This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.
Forest Park, Illinois
A section in the cemetery mostly for circus performers, including victims of the famous 1918 Hammond Circus train wreck.
Chicago, Illinois
A hidden oasis just north of Chicago's Chinatown.
Chicago, Illinois
A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.
Chicago, Illinois
Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.
Chicago, Illinois
In Chicago, an empty relic of a time when neighborhood zoos were more common.
Chicago, Illinois
Kwanu'sila the Thunderbird has been silently watching over Chicago for more than 100 years (kind of).
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago’s last original drive-in restaurant is a family-run hot dog joint that started in 1948.
Chicago, Illinois
One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.
Chicago, Illinois
This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.
Chicago, Illinois
The rodent-shaped sidewalk imprint that earned worldwide media attention.
Chicago, Illinois
This old-fashioned confectionary has been family owned and operated for more than a century.
Banff, Alberta
Dive into the history and true tall-tales of Banff National Park.