East Chicago, Indiana
Marktown Historic District
This old steel industry company town has a tradition of parking cars on the sidewalk so people can walk in the narrow streets.
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East Chicago, Indiana
This old steel industry company town has a tradition of parking cars on the sidewalk so people can walk in the narrow streets.
Gary, Indiana
This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
This lakefront cottage was crafted in the 1800s and was once a sanitorium.
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Legend says Dungeons and Dragons players can get their dice blessed at the creator of the game's memorial.
London, England
Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.
Chicago, Illinois
The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.
Chicago, Illinois
A monument to the art of slicing people open.
Geneva, Illinois
A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.
Bloomington, Illinois
A giant wooden statue of one of the greatest pitchers in 19th-century baseball.
Goleta, California
The first attack on the continental U.S. during WWII occurred off the coast of a quiet California golf course.
Goleta, California
This little gem of Spanish Colonial architecture has been abandoned since the 1950s.
Goleta, California
A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.
Santa Barbara, California
This house is a mosaic of tiled artwork sourced from local artists.
Santa Barbara, California
For over 20 years, Lil Toot has delighted guests with narrated boat rides between Stearns Wharf and Santa Barbara Harbor, becoming a beloved local legend and top-rated experience for visitors.
Santa Barbara, California
This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.
Santa Barbara, California
The beautiful behemoth is one of the largest trees of its kind in the United States.
Santa Barbara, California
One incredible room in the Santa Barbara Courthouse is covered in wall-to-wall canvas murals.
Chicago, Illinois
A one-armed veteran of the Battle of Waterloo lies in a cemetery for one in the middle of a Chicago scrapyard.
Chicago, Illinois
One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.
South Elgin, Illinois
The final resting place of two unknown soldiers.
Dodgeville, Wisconsin
One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.
Mount Horeb, Wisconsin
A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.
Freeport, Illinois
A mini Wrigley Field for mini baseball players.
Verona, Wisconsin
Software company Epic Systems has created one of the strangest and largest workplaces of all time.