Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

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

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

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

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

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

A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.

More than 8,000 drinking jugs say “Cheers!” to a guy named Toby.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans' graves.

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.