A Japanese temple, old German townhouses, and public chess tables offer a peaceful escape from the bustle of the North Side.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

A recreation of an Old West apothecary full of curios.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.

A diminutive memorial marks the site of a successful assassination by a right-wing death squad in America's capital.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.