A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

This small town bank is very aware of its name thank you very much.

The oldest bar in Missouri is hidden within a limestone brewery cellar more than 50 feet underground.

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

Tucked away between two 19th-century buildings, this small shop specializes in the macabre.

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

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

Undone by Prohibition, this abandoned brewery-turned-flour mill is now ready for its third act.

Homestead Cemetery hold the remains of the United States' first known professional tattoo artists.

A mysterious and terrifying public art goblin seemingly meant to inspire local legend.

Cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.

Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

A cave 150 feet beneath Kansas City is the perfect climate for growing 10,000 delicate orchids.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

Admire the art and then buy a raccoon skull cleaned by flesh-eating beetles.

From burial ground bocce ball court.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.