One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

A unique market that brings together various goods and cultures.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

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.

One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.

A small Chicago museum filled with thousands of preserved butterflies, beetles, and more.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

The last masonry skyscraper ever built reveals a transitional moment in architectural history.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

The flagship building of an early national restaurant chain is a superb example of terra cotta art.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

The housing complex served as an anti-fascist fortress during the Austrian Civil War.

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

A magnificent collection of imperial armor and weaponry.