The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

A military museum and library dedicated to the citizen soldier.

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

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

More than 8,000 drinking jugs say “Cheers!” to a guy named Toby.

Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

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

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

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.