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

Location of the Real World's disastrous, and protested, eleventh season.

Odd, decrepit fountain honors Chicago author who had mixed feelings about his hometown.

A curious collection of miniatures in a quiet corner of the Chicago Children's Museum.

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

You can take a class, browse the library, or visit the lavish lair of an international men's humor society.

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

Orthodox church partially financed by Tsar Nicolas II.

A bloodstain from "the wound of the transverberation of the heart."

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

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

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

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

Honoring Italian greats from Joe DiMaggio to Rocky Marciano.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

Glass and concrete building designed by Albert Kahn.

This public baseball field is a beloved remainder from of one of the most historic stadiums in the country.

What was once the largest NFL stadium.

Detroit housing collective working to create an "environment for revolutionary change."

Where the Model T was made and the assembly line was invented.

The collection of ceremonial and cultural objects spans many countries and hundreds of years.

This empty Detroit high school was too expensive to maintain or destroy.

A painted-over wall in Detroit originally built to segregate a black community from an adjacent white development.