Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.

One of the oldest hospitals in the Americas is now decorated in hallucinatory murals.

The corner walls of a primary school showcase a Mexican version of memento mori.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

At the top of the hour, this steam-powered clock's eight brass whistles play "Back Home Again in Indiana."

The Bong-area park police have asked visitors to please, stop stealing the signs.

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

A tribute to one granddaughter's old apartment which now represents the whims of each visitor.

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

It was originally part of a "terrible lizards" collection at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

Huge abstract sculptures of the Puerto Rican Flag.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

The 606 is a decade in the making.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

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.

Also known as the Osaka Garden, this garden was originally built in 1893 as part of the World's Columbian Exposition.