One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.

Designed by Alfred Caldwel, this landscape showcases his vision of a native garden.

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

Where dioramas can follow you home.

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

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

Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.

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

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

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

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

You can take a class, browse the library, or visit the lavish lair of an international men's humor society.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.