Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

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

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

This stately structure has been abandoned for half a century.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.