Chicago, Illinois
S.S. Eastland Memorial
This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."
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Chicago, Illinois
This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."
Chicago, Illinois
Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.
Chicago, Illinois
An eccentric park and pool.
Chicago, Illinois
Landmark Chicago building narrowly avoided destruction.
Chicago, Illinois
A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.
Chicago, Illinois
Orthodox church partially financed by Tsar Nicolas II.
Chicago, Illinois
A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."
Chicago, Illinois
Huge abstract sculptures of the Puerto Rican Flag.
Key West, Florida
The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.
Nassau, Bahamas
This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.
West Palm Beach, Florida
A failed, un-built suburb that has been going feral for decades.
West Palm Beach, Florida
This mass grave for victims of a massive hurricane remained hidden until 1991.
Palm Beach, Florida
This railroad and oil tycoon's lavish estate now stands as a time capsule of the Gilded Age.
Palm Beach, Florida
The oldest house of worship in Palm Beach has a wonderful tropical garden.
Palm Beach, Florida
Grab a slice of pizza next to the remains of the "human monkey" who ran for mayor.
West Palm Beach, Florida
Built in just a little over a week this preserved bunker was created to protect our most attractive POTUS while he was on vacation.
Kingston, New York
The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.
Hyde Park, New York
"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."
Poughkeepsie, New York
This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.
Chokoloskee, Florida
A time capsule of Floridian history fights to survive on the banks of Chokoloskee Bay.
Islamorada, Florida
This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.
Key West, Florida
"We Seceded Where Others Failed."
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Key West, Florida
An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.