This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

The clothes-washing king doubles as a community center with some unusual features, including an aviary filled with finches.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.

One of few surviving standpipe water towers in the U.S.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

Man-made geyser that rises to the exact height of the Gateway Arch.

Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.

Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

People escaping slavery passed through the oldest house in Lombard, Illinois on their northbound journey to freedom.