Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

One-of-a-kind preserved ruins of an abandoned 1880s church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

The world's only known button museum.

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

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

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

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

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans' graves.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

Thousands of rusting train cars have been slowly falling apart on the edge of Greece's second largest city.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

Nestled in the mountains of Portugal is a tiny village made almost entirely of schist.

A windswept necropolis carved into the rocks overlooks the "most Portuguese town in Portugal."

A cluster of granite granaries perched on stilts.

This unassuming chapel in Portugal plays host to a ghoulish collection of bones.

In Portugal, a secluded stretch of untouched natural beauty hides at the bottom of a steep hill.

A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.

This tile-work piece featuring a chicken riding in carriage is both a remarkable artistic creation and a social commentary of politics and culture in 17th-century Portugal.

Come for the bread-themed puppet show, stay for the buffet.