This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

Over 1,000 pieces of one of the most niche art objects imaginable: the glass paperweight.

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

An eccentric park and pool.

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

An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.

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

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

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

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

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

The world's only known button museum.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

Pizza with a side of fine art.

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.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

This 1000 year old relic-filled cave monastery and UNESCO World Heritage Site also hosts an amazing micro-miniature museum.

One of the world’s best microminiaturist, Nicolaï Siadristy displays his lifetime of tiny creations in this museum.

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.