The park that the Chicago Stockyards built.

This historic oak tree has been around for over 300 years and might last for 300 more so long as it doesn't fall apart first.

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.

This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."

The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.

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

An old abandoned pharmacy building in Texas is brimming with collectibles and images of the little tuxedoed pooch.

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

A strange, heartwarming, decades-old declaration of love on a New Hampshire roadside.

A retrofuturistic art installation in the Pittsburgh Airport.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.

A suspended garden, now gone, once hung in the middle of this abandoned church.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

Victorian "Fancy Craft" Hair Wreaths and Relics.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

A graveyard of bathyspheres and diving bells paints a weirdly accurate account of ocean exploration's rickety history.

These expertly crafted, scientifically accurate glass sea creatures were once an international phenomenon.