This former county courthouse was originally an opulent hotel and entertainment venue.

Perched atop a brick smokestack, this enormous lug nut symbolizes the local minor league baseball team.

A horse-drawn 1858 steam pumper fire engine encased in glass on the front lawn of a Michigan insurance company.

This is the last hand-cranked chain ferry of its kind in operation in the United States.

The restored ferry is now a dockside museum and a unique bed and breakfast.

A charming remnant of 19th-century fishing towns sits on Michigan’s Leelanau Peninsula.

An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.

Easily overlooked in favor of the wineries that dot the region, this blast from the past is equally worth the visit.

A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19th-century asylum.

Inside the Wayne County airport is an amazing collection of lights and sounds.

Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

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

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

At an isolated roadside rest area stands a monument marking where famous Western star Tom Mix died in 1940.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

A 19th-century fortress and collection of artifacts offer a tour of Saudi history.

An annual two-week festival near the city of Riyadh when Saudis let their hair down.

An eccentric German artist built this weird and wondrous castle packed with shocking sculptures and alien art.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.