A small burial plot formerly stranded in the middle of a road.

A hidden barn-sized rendition of Grant Wood's most famous, and most parodied, painting.

Once an ornate movie theater remade by Catholic Charities.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

This abstract sculpture is rumored to cast a hammer-and-sickle shadow once a year.

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.

The oldest house in Chicago certainly doesn't look the part and there are some who say it doesn't deserve its title either.

This historic-shipwreck-cum-diving-spot can still be seen poking its boiler out of the Lake Michigan waters that claimed it.

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

First planned industrial community in the United States.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

Bringing back the art of handmade custom coffins.

Now a city park, this site started as a stage stop, then was a working ranch, and finally became a dude ranch that specialized in letting wannabe divorcees establish Nevada residency.

Formerly frequented by Hollywood stars and now open for tours.

This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.

Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States.

The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

Sites connected to a woman born on a ship and spared by a pirate.

A town wears its heart on the sleeve of a smiling girl, arms flung wide open in a cheerful greeting for all who encounter her.