Chicago, Illinois
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.
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Chicago, Illinois
This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.
Chicago, Illinois
A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.
Chicago, Illinois
This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.
Chicago, Illinois
What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.
Chicago, Illinois
All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.
Chicago, Illinois
This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.
Chicago, Illinois
A monument to the art of slicing people open.
Chicago, Illinois
This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.
Chicago, Illinois
This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.
Thunderbolt, Georgia
A 19th-century cemetery device to ensure that the prematurely buried would be "saved by the bell."
Atlanta, Georgia
After being inoperative for over half a century, this elaborate fountain in Atlanta's oldest park was restored to its former glory.
Andersonville, Georgia
The site of the notorious Camp Sumter Prison is now a peaceful memorial.
Atlanta, Georgia
Unruly residents were housed in this one-person cell until the Black Maria arrived.
Columbus, Georgia
Shaped like a big top tent, this memorial honors the victims of a terrible train wreck.
Macon, Georgia
At Macon’s oldest cemetery two members of Allman Brothers are buried side by side.
Columbus, Georgia
Coca Cola may be "the real thing" but its inventor, buried at this Georgia gravesite, called it a "valuable brain tonic."
Savannah, Georgia
More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.
Atlanta, Georgia
The small first-floor apartment where the author wrote her Pulitzer Prize-winning book 'Gone with the Wind.'
Savannah, Georgia
An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.
Marietta, Georgia
An elegant Georgian cemetery best known for the grave of the little girl whose murder on Christmas Day remains unsolved.
Savannah, Georgia
The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.
Jekyll Island, Georgia
Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.
Atlanta, Georgia
One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.
Griffin, Georgia
Could this grave be the true resting place of legendary gunfighter "Doc" Holliday? Unclear.