This storied music venue was once a tavern that housed an Italian Anarchist book club and prohibition parties; today it's a community space for artists and musicians.

This rooftop sign has been confusing Milwaukee-bound airline passengers for decades.

This quirky museum has a collection of more than 15,000 bobblehead dolls.

Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.

This was once the largest four-sided clock in the world (yes, even bigger than Big Ben).

A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

Built in France in the 1400s, this gothic chapel now resides at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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

A Milwaukee museum provides an unsparing and ultimately empowering look at the Black American experience.

A trailblazing sovereign nation tucked in the American state of Wisconsin.

The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's final works was this UFO church.

The preserved remains of the former Milwaukee County Hospital for the Insane are hidden in the wooded grounds of County Park.

The birthplace of a titan of American cinema.

Behind a modern brick exterior lies the oldest continuously-operating lunch-car diner in the United States.

A river with some unusual, and occasionally dangerous, habits.

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

The world's only known button museum.

A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.

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

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

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.