Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

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

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

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

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

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

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

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

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

The oldest of only three existing statues of the great novelist stands in a city he did not care for.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

Yo, Adrian!

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

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

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.

One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."

A 1,100-ton train fell through the floor in 1953. Workers got it patched up in just 72 hours.

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.