The original Garfield station is the oldest station facility on the "L", with the station house dating from 1892.

Designed by Alfred Caldwel, this landscape showcases his vision of a native garden.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

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

One of the few remaining relics of the meatpacking hub that made Chicago the "hog butcher to the world."

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

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

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

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

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

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

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

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

A 19th-century horse lover's bequest led to the construction of this unique fountain in Chicago.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

The 606 is a decade in the making.

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

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

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