Chicago, Illinois
Haymarket Square
Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.
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Chicago, Illinois
Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.
Blue Earth, Minnesota
This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.
Chicago, Illinois
A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.
Granada, Spain
Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.
Seville, Spain
The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.
Barcelona, Spain
This former Baroque palace on the historic Calle Montcada is a rare architectural gem and was once the meeting place of an aristocratic scholarly society.
Barcelona, Spain
The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.
Chicago, Illinois
This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.
Chicago, Illinois
Former bath house turns gastropub.
Villa Park, Illinois
This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
The preserved remains of the former Milwaukee County Hospital for the Insane are hidden in the wooded grounds of County Park.
Barcelona, Spain
This home designed for chocolate magnate Antoni Amatller is an exquisite treasure-box of Catalan Modernism.
Barcelona, Spain
An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.
Barcelona, Spain
A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.
Chimayo, New Mexico
This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.
Littleton, Colorado
A memorial dedicated to the victims of the Columbine High School shootings.
Nathrop, Colorado
This nearly abandoned town was once a thriving mining community until a series of fires.
Lakewood, Colorado
One man's love for East Coast diner culture brought an entire eatery all the way from New Jersey to Colorado.
Morrison, Colorado
Travel through the wholesome amusements of yesteryear at this charming miniature village.
Golden, Colorado
The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.
Inverness, California
The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.
Winona, Minnesota
Dakota legend claims this locally iconic pinnacle was once part of a sacred burial site that was cleaved in two.