The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.

Roses and other fascinating flora fill this garden built to commemorate Britain's immortal Bard.

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

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

This landmark of the Chicago silent film industry may not be in the picture business anymore but it still stands proudly.

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

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

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.