A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A mesmerizing disco ball-like sculpture along the Sacramento River Walk.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.

Designed by Alfred Caldwel, this landscape showcases his vision of a native garden.

Where dioramas can follow you home.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

Not to be confused with the iconic New York City skyscraper, this Chicago building is a vibrant hub for artists.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

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

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

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

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

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

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

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans' graves.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.