A monument to the art of slicing people open.

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

A bloodstain from "the wound of the transverberation of the heart."

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

Once an ornate movie theater remade by Catholic Charities.

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

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

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.

Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.

One man's personal collection of KGB memorabilia is presented along with his strange viewpoint.

This Czech church doubles as something of a permanent fashion exhibition for a statue of the Infant Jesus.

Definitely not a clown bar.

Inside a humble hangar is some of the best roller derby the world has to offer.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

This enchanting mountain plateau celebrates spooky local folklore.

This Garden District mansion was built to be bigger and grander than its original owner's former partner turned rival.

The grave of Mary Nasson is shrouded by witchy legends.

The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.