This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.

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

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

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

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.

In one Chicago park, a trio of werewolves are waiting to devour their fallen brethren.

A military museum and library dedicated to the citizen soldier.

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

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

More than 8,000 drinking jugs say “Cheers!” to a guy named Toby.

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

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.

The oldest house in Chicago certainly doesn't look the part and there are some who say it doesn't deserve its title either.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.

Pizza with a side of fine art.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A science teacher's dream.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

G.V. Black, the Father of Modern Dentistry, keeps an eternal eye on Chicagoan’s teeth from his perch in Lincoln Park.

An eccentric park and pool.