The home of 1.5 million wood letters for printing is still a functioning workshop.

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.

An Art Deco gem that held together the artistic heart of an agricultural community for 92 years.

An actor's tribute to a former mentor.

The house is an iconic pilgrimage site for fans of the Illinois-based emo band.

The last original miniature duckpin bowling lanes in America, located in a Milwaukee dive bar.

Whimsical sculptures dot a woodland path surrounding their creator's old summer cottage.

A bedazzled house and crown "jewel" of outsider artist Loy Allen Bowlin.

Hidden away in the city of Madison, Wisconsin is a nearly forgotten home that Frank Lloyd Wright built for a childhood friend.

A museum celebrating the self-taught artist-environment builder.

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

Fragments of a massive unfinished sculpture sit near the main quad of the University of Illinois.

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.

The oldest house in Galena, Illinois, now is a reminder of when this city was the world's lead mining capital.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

Take a trip back in time at this retro cinema dating back to 1954.

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

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

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

An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.