Chicago, Illinois
Wooden Block Alley
All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.
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Chicago, Illinois
All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.
Chicago, Illinois
One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.
Chicago, Illinois
This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.
Chicago, Illinois
Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.
Chicago, Illinois
The only Chicago bridgehouse open to the public contains a museum devoted to the Chicago River.
Chicago, Illinois
Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.
Delta, Alabama
The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.
Anniston, Alabama
A strange history museum, with items accumulated by a pair of globe trotting spies.
Walker County, Georgia
The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.
Ellijay, Georgia
This hillside mushroom farm shares land with a Buddhist monastery.
Suches, Georgia
They call this long foot bridge a swinging bridge, but really it's the bouncing you have to watch out for.
Hiawassee, Georgia
Catch beautiful views at the graffitied observation deck on this mountain top.
Sparta, Tennessee
Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
The world's largest pin (or tack) is located in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, at the Transit Authority of Central Kentucky (TACK) headquarters.
Horse Cave, Kentucky
Once one of the most polluted caves in America, now an environmental success story and a museum dedicated to caves.
Franklin, Kentucky
A unique home built by Andrew Jackson Caldwell that also served as a military hospital.
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Eight rare Corvettes are swallowed up by a sinkhole in Kentucky's National Corvette Museum.
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
The world's longest known cave system.
Cave City, Kentucky
Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.
Columbus Junction, Iowa
A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.
Iowa City, Iowa
The oldest university museum west of the Mississippi retains its 19th century feel.
Maquoketa, Iowa
A wonderland of caves in eastern Iowa.
Monticello, Iowa
Spend the night in this former asylum for the incurably insane, which claims to be one of the most haunted places in the United States.
Toronto, Ontario
A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.