The place where Samuel "Slater the Traitor" brought the Industrial Revolution to America.

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

Huge abstract sculptures of the Puerto Rican Flag.

A quaint miniatures museum that turns its focus towards the lives of Americans in a simpler time.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

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

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

This unconventional used book store was once in the news for the surprising act of burning books.

This replica small town lets visitors take a stroll through the story of progress in the U.S. via thousands of Americana artifacts.

Journey up the capitol building's cupola for an amazing view of Topeka.

A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.

This zombie-themed restaurant stands out in the heart of corn country.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.

This once rural mansion now sits in the heart of the city.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A small Chicago museum filled with thousands of preserved butterflies, beetles, and more.