A gallery specifically dedicated to the botanical illustrations of a remarkable traveling lady.

Resonating tubes make music from highway overpass.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.

This small, but long-running hobby club has built one of the largest model rail lines in the US.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

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

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

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

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

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

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

Orthodox church partially financed by Tsar Nicolas II.

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

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

The world's only known button museum.

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

A science teacher's dream.

This historic store hides a museum exhibiting a shoe-sizing x-ray machine and a pair of kicks that once belonged to the world's tallest man.

Medical museum focused on antique anesthesiology equipment.

The oldest house in Chicago certainly doesn't look the part and there are some who say it doesn't deserve its title either.

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

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

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