Chicago, Illinois
Lower Lower Wacker Drive
Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.
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Chicago, Illinois
Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.
Chicago, Illinois
This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.
Chicago, Illinois
Honoring Italian greats from Joe DiMaggio to Rocky Marciano.
Berwyn, Illinois
The clothes-washing king doubles as a community center with some unusual features, including an aviary filled with finches.
Cabin John, Maryland
The bridge's highly-contested plaque (once again) honors Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
New York, New York
The "Seinfeld" diner.
Chicago, Illinois
A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.
Mattoon, Illinois
The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.
Pontiac, Michigan
What was once the largest NFL stadium.
Chicago, Illinois
A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.
San Simeon, California
The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.
San Bernardino County, California
The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.
New York, New York
This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.
Walcott, Iowa
The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.
Chicago, Illinois
An unassuming store hides relics of its former life as the jazz club that hosted some of the best black performers of the 1920s and '30s.
Calipatria, California
Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.
L'Anse, Michigan
This missionary's legacy looms large over the Upper Peninsula of Michigan—literally.
Brooklyn, New York
A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.
Savannah, Georgia
An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.
New York, New York
A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.
Harbor Springs, Michigan
A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.