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

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.

The most accurate timepiece in the world.

When it comes to handsignals (and colonialism) rock always beats scissors.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

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

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

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

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

This museum collects over a century of automobile history including the iconic car from The Muppet Movie.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

A wonderful and easily overlooked museum tucked in Ohio's Burke Lakefront Airport.

This steamer is known as "The ship that built Cleveland."

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.