Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

The world's largest covered wagon is piloted by a giant Lincoln lawyer.

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

The first and only museum dedicated to stained glass and horology opened outside of Chicago in 2017.

Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.

People escaping slavery passed through the oldest house in Lombard, Illinois on their northbound journey to freedom.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

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

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.

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

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

A science teacher's dream.

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

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.