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

Honoring Italian greats from Joe DiMaggio to Rocky Marciano.

The faint remains of a Polish news empire still linger.

Location of the Real World's disastrous, and protested, eleventh season.

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

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

Parking lot where a Chicago mayor was inaugurated under very sketchy circumstances.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

A military museum and library dedicated to the citizen soldier.

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

Theater has had many different incarnations but has survived the ravages of time.

A strange rock in Chicago marks the spot where a tree once stood in honor of the 18th President.

The oldest house in Chicago certainly doesn't look the part and there are some who say it doesn't deserve its title either.

A Chicago Movie Palace Lost to Time.

Not to be confused with the iconic New York City skyscraper, this Chicago building is a vibrant hub for artists.

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

Orthodox church partially financed by Tsar Nicolas II.

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

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

This historic-shipwreck-cum-diving-spot can still be seen poking its boiler out of the Lake Michigan waters that claimed it.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.