A European-style bath house in Chicago.

Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.

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

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.

Former bath house turns gastropub.

Chicago was once a major hub of film production, but being silent film you don’t hear much about it.

These mansions date back to Chicago's days as a brewer's paradise.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

A theater sits abandoned on Roosevelt Road, once majestic in splendor, now majestic in decay.

A science teacher's dream.

Take a break from all the boring business of death at this funeral home mini-golf course.

Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.

The clothes-washing king doubles as a community center with some unusual features, including an aviary filled with finches.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

It was originally part of a "terrible lizards" collection at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

The young Black revolutionary was killed before getting to see a non-segregated pool in his hometown.

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.

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

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.