This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

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

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

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

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

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

A Bibliophile's Dream.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

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

The 606 is a decade in the making.

A European-style bath house in Chicago.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

A Chicago Movie Palace Lost to Time.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

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

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.