This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.

Odd, decrepit fountain honors Chicago author who had mixed feelings about his hometown.

"No writer ever gave more to a city and got back less.”

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

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

A curious collection of miniatures in a quiet corner of the Chicago Children's Museum.

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

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

This Bronze Age man spent millennia buried in a mine, giving his bones an eerie hue.

The most elaborate of 12 medieval arched doorways to the old city of Burgos.

A magnificent place to see authentic paleolithic cave paintings that are an astounding 33,000 years old.

This remarkable museum sprung from one of the most important prehistoric archaeological sites in the world.

The mysterious remains of a martyred teenage saint are venerated inside a small country chapel.

A magnificent, long-abandoned castle built in the wake of the reconquest of Spain.

This enchanting natural park is a magical example of a temperate rainforest in Europe.

Translating as "The Jump of the Girlfriend," this stunning waterfall has a tragic legend behind it.