"No writer ever gave more to a city and got back less.”

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

Where dioramas can follow you home.

An eccentric park and pool.

One-of-a-kind preserved ruins of an abandoned 1880s church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

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

Kwanu'sila the Thunderbird has been silently watching over Chicago for more than 100 years (kind of).

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

A Japanese temple, old German townhouses, and public chess tables offer a peaceful escape from the bustle of the North Side.

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.

A long lost multi-cultural music venue used to reside in the bottom floor of Chicago's Flat Iron Building.

A one-armed veteran of the Battle of Waterloo lies in a cemetery for one in the middle of a Chicago scrapyard.

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

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

Chicago was once a major hub of film production, but being silent film you don’t hear much about it.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

Over 1,000 pieces of one of the most niche art objects imaginable: the glass paperweight.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

The island where one woman reigned as a "queen" over 30-odd Japanese soldiers who refused to believe that WWII had ended.