Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

Kwanu'sila the Thunderbird has been silently watching over Chicago for more than 100 years (kind of).

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

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

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

A military museum and library dedicated to the citizen soldier.

An eccentric park and pool.

No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.

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

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

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

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

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

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

The 606 is a decade in the making.

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

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

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

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