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

One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.

Former bath house turns gastropub.

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

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

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

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

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

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

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

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

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

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

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

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

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.