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

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

These mansions date back to Chicago's days as a brewer's paradise.

The 606 is a decade in the making.

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

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

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

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

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

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

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

First planned industrial community in the United States.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

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

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

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