These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

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

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

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.

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

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

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

It was originally part of a "terrible lizards" collection at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

Hot Doug's "Hot Dog" Stand.

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

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

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

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

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.

A science teacher's dream.

Medical museum focused on antique anesthesiology equipment.

Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.

This historic store hides a museum exhibiting a shoe-sizing x-ray machine and a pair of kicks that once belonged to the world's tallest man.