Springfield, Illinois
Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon
One of the largest carillons in the world, this giant instrument has 67 cast-iron bells played by a keyboard.
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Springfield, Illinois
One of the largest carillons in the world, this giant instrument has 67 cast-iron bells played by a keyboard.
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.
Nashville, Tennessee
It may take some time to locate, but it's sure to warm even a heart of stone.
Topeka, Kansas
A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.
Topeka, Kansas
See the motorcycles that launched the stuntman to fame and the gear that saved his life.
Topeka, Kansas
Topeka has its own great wall, and it's covered in colorful images from the city's history.
Kansas City, Missouri
The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.
Kansas City, Missouri
Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.
Kansas City, Missouri
This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.
Kansas City, Missouri
Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.
Des Moines, Iowa
Millions of dollars worth of sculpture decorate this Iowa city center.
Riverside, Iowa
A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.
East St. Louis, Illinois
Man-made geyser that rises to the exact height of the Gateway Arch.
Louisville, Kentucky
The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.
Louisville, Kentucky
The largest cemetery in Louisville is the final resting place of Col. Sanders and Muhammad Ali.
Atlanta, Georgia
The small first-floor apartment where the author wrote her Pulitzer Prize-winning book 'Gone with the Wind.'
Nashville, Tennessee
One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.
Nashville, Tennessee
The site of the one of the most deadly train wrecks in American history.
Chicago, Illinois
Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."
Chicago, Illinois
This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.
Chicago, Illinois
This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.
Chicago, Illinois
To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.
Chicago, Illinois
Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.