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

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

Theater has had many different incarnations but has survived the ravages of time.

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

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

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

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

Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.

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

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

The faint remains of a Polish news empire still linger.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

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

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

Pizza with a side of fine art.

Color-coded signs direct drivers on a network of routes designed to avoid Pittsburgh traffic.

Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

A house and yard adorned with bizarre concrete sculptures in a Milwaukee suburb.

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