One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

Huge abstract sculptures of the Puerto Rican Flag.

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

Orthodox church partially financed by Tsar Nicolas II.

These mansions date back to Chicago's days as a brewer's paradise.

Former bath house turns gastropub.

This landmark of the Chicago silent film industry may not be in the picture business anymore but it still stands proudly.

The world's only known button museum.

A theater sits abandoned on Roosevelt Road, once majestic in splendor, now majestic in decay.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

Hot Doug's "Hot Dog" Stand.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

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

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

Pizza with a side of fine art.

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

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

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

A science teacher's dream.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.