A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

One of the few remaining relics of the meatpacking hub that made Chicago the "hog butcher to the world."

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

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

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

This holy goods emporium is where priests go for a little retail therapy to outfit their churches.

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

World's largest Christmas store.

A painted-over wall in Detroit originally built to segregate a black community from an adjacent white development.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

Enormous small-business mecca in the Midwest, serving dozens of artists.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.