This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

The 606 is a decade in the making.

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

A Bibliophile's Dream.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

A mini Wrigley Field for mini baseball players.

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

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

A turn-of-the-century architectural marvel built on healing mineral springs and salt licks.

Tucked away amongst townhomes lies a restored, early 20th-century tea house and garden, the only remains of a historic estate.