Los Angeles, California
Capitol Records Building Morse Code
The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.
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Los Angeles, California
The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.
Chicago, Illinois
A Chicago Movie Palace Lost to Time.
Chicago, Illinois
The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.
Antonito, Colorado
An antique narrow gauge railway line still running through the Colorado and New Mexico mountains.
Chicago, Illinois
No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.
Chicago, Illinois
To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.
Chicago, Illinois
Orthodox church partially financed by Tsar Nicolas II.
Chicago, Illinois
This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.
Joliet, Illinois
A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.
Chicago, Illinois
One of the few remaining relics of the meatpacking hub that made Chicago the "hog butcher to the world."
Toronto, Ontario
A monument to the 17,000 Chinese who worked and died to build Canada's Pacific Railway.
Toronto, Ontario
One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.
Toronto, Ontario
A memorial to the tens of thousands of Irish who fled to North America during the Great Famine.
Montreal, Québec
Two thirds of this Montreal neon icon has survived to flash another day.
Montreal, Québec
A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.
Montreal, Québec
Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.
Montreal, Québec
This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.
Montreal, Québec
A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.
Inglewood, California
A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.
Vancouver, British Columbia
A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
A half-size replica of the World Trade Center towers above Tulsa.
Chicago, Illinois
Landmark Chicago building narrowly avoided destruction.