A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

This sculpture presents commentary on a life in pursuit of profits.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.

Outside a small brewery, a Gothic fountain that once provided water to thirsty horses.

The camera-toting gargoyle juts out from the exterior of a Gothic cathedral.

A stonemason's hilarious revenge came in the form of this peculiarly positioned gargoyle.

A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

The original Garfield station is the oldest station facility on the "L", with the station house dating from 1892.

One of the few remaining relics of the meatpacking hub that made Chicago the "hog butcher to the world."

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

Dozens of large steel sculptures fill this two-acre park outside a former blacksmith's studio.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

In the middle of Calvary Cemetery stands this singular memorial to a small boy who died too young.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

Over 60 chemical plants and oil refineries sit in a 15-mile-wide section outside town.

Children's author May Gibbs's beloved stories about the tiny, human-like "Gumnut Babies" are immortalized in bronze.

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

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

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

A military museum and library dedicated to the citizen soldier.

This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.