Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.

An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.

A military museum and library dedicated to the citizen soldier.

Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.

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

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

First known as the "Sample House," this construction mash-up was meant to be a living catalogue of building styles.

No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

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

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

Take a break from all the boring business of death at this funeral home mini-golf course.

Moving, mind-blowing metal sculpture work of an outsider artist.

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

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

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

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

This architectural stunner is one of the few surviving Egyptian Revival theaters in the U.S.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.