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

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

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

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

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

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

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.

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

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

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

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

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

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

A science teacher's dream.