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This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

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

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.

This narrow coastline trail through the dense Kauai wilderness is among the most beautiful and dangerous in the world.

Submerged lava formations create incredible waterworks.

A once-glowing grotto at the bottom of Waikapalae Wet Cave.

This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

A tunnel of hardened lava along Maui’s famous Road to Hana.

An abandoned railroad tunnel forgotten by time awaits inquisitive hikers.

The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.

The beauty of urban decay, hiding some dark secrets.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

Wading through a small lagoon reveals a secret, wild stretch of pristine beach.