A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

Once an ornate movie theater remade by Catholic Charities.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

This tiny cafe is one of the last meeting places of its kind, allowing revolutionaries a place to plot.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

Odd, decrepit fountain honors Chicago author who had mixed feelings about his hometown.

Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.

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

First planned industrial community in the United States.

The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.