This lush 12-acre site was once named the finest Japanese garden in North America.

Grand opera on a miniature scale.

One of the largest carillons in the world, this giant instrument has 67 cast-iron bells played by a keyboard.

The faint remains of a Polish news empire still linger.

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

The famous Beatle secretly visited this Illinois town several times to visit his sister.

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

Tucked away amongst townhomes lies a restored, early 20th-century tea house and garden, the only remains of a historic estate.

A former atom smasher turned into an art gallery.

The murals have transformed a residential alley into a vibrant drive-through gallery.

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

A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

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

This abstract sculpture is rumored to cast a hammer-and-sickle shadow once a year.

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

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

This Mediterranean castle was built for a millionaire and his giant dog.

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

Where dioramas can follow you home.

This softly rounded mansion was built without corners not to avoid evil spirits, but to make them more comfortable.

A bloodstain from "the wound of the transverberation of the heart."

A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.

This lagomorph-obsessed Route 66 emporium is home to a giant jackrabbit that sits in a bunny graveyard.