Chicago, Illinois
Monadnock Building
The last masonry skyscraper ever built reveals a transitional moment in architectural history.
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Chicago, Illinois
The last masonry skyscraper ever built reveals a transitional moment in architectural history.
Chicago, Illinois
A monument to the art of slicing people open.
Chicago, Illinois
A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.
Chicago, Illinois
This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.
Chicago, Illinois
This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.
Chicago, Illinois
This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.
Mount Horeb, Wisconsin
A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.
Madison, Wisconsin
Hidden away in the city of Madison, Wisconsin is a nearly forgotten home that Frank Lloyd Wright built for a childhood friend.
Spring Green, Wisconsin
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
Wilmette, Illinois
The only Bahá'à house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.
St. Louis, Missouri
What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.
St. Louis, Missouri
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
Fairmont City, Illinois
Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.
Livingston, Illinois
Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.
Fulton, Missouri
A gem in the small Missouri town where Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" and effectively began the Cold War.
Columbia, Missouri
This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.
Jefferson City, Missouri
The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."
Chicago, Illinois
An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.
Chicago, Illinois
The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.
Kansas City, Missouri
Undone by Prohibition, this abandoned brewery-turned-flour mill is now ready for its third act.
Kansas City, Missouri
A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.
Kansas City, Kansas
This Italianate Villa-style castle is pretty to look at, just keep off the private property.
Tombstone, Arizona
A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.
Wichita, Kansas
The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.