Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

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

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

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

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

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

Pizza with a side of fine art.

Roses and other fascinating flora fill this garden built to commemorate Britain's immortal Bard.

A student designed this 3D-printed scale replica of the entire university campus.

The first and only museum dedicated to stained glass and horology opened outside of Chicago in 2017.

A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.

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

The young Black revolutionary was killed before getting to see a non-segregated pool in his hometown.

A science teacher's dream.

Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.

The building was originally a gas station built to resemble a Japanese tea house.

The murals have transformed a residential alley into a vibrant drive-through gallery.

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.

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

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

A tribute to one granddaughter's old apartment which now represents the whims of each visitor.