A tribute to a 13-year-old boy who was kidnapped in 1793 and escaped over two years later.

The home used in just a few seconds of film that came to define the setting of a hit sitcom.

The only freestanding table rock formation east of the Mississippi.

Learn about the history and craftsmanship of carousels inside this museum located in a former post office.

Railroad officials in the early 1900s sought to spare travelers the sight of Roman soldiers’ private parts.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

Floating man-made island and upscale restaurant.

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.

A Chicago Movie Palace Lost to Time.

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

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

Chicago was once a major hub of film production, but being silent film you don’t hear much about it.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

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

This historic-shipwreck-cum-diving-spot can still be seen poking its boiler out of the Lake Michigan waters that claimed it.

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.