A tribute to one granddaughter's old apartment which now represents the whims of each visitor.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

People escaping slavery passed through the oldest house in Lombard, Illinois on their northbound journey to freedom.

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

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

An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

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

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

Former bath house turns gastropub.

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

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

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

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.

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

The original goat tower, the one that started it all.

These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.