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

A strange rock in Chicago marks the spot where a tree once stood in honor of the 18th President.

This landmark of the Chicago silent film industry may not be in the picture business anymore but it still stands proudly.

This small, but long-running hobby club has built one of the largest model rail lines in the US.

One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.

A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.

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

The 606 is a decade in the making.

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

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

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

First planned industrial community in the United States.

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

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

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

Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

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

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

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

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

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