Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.

Parking lot where a Chicago mayor was inaugurated under very sketchy circumstances.

G.V. Black, the Father of Modern Dentistry, keeps an eternal eye on Chicagoan’s teeth from his perch in Lincoln Park.

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

Where most of the world's flypaper was made.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

The origin of the Nixon tapes is rooted in technological incompetence as much as secrecy.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

A bronze of the man in all his sinewy glory celebrates his longtime connection to the Ohio city.

For over 100 years, this Indiana town has had a tree growing out the top of the local courthouse.

This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.