This cemetery is all that remains of a school for "wayward" girls.

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

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

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

This family driveway also serves as the highest point in Illinois.

The dream home of an iconoclastic renaissance man still stands as a monument to his domestically mundane vision.

A Chicago Movie Palace Lost to Time.

Not to be confused with the iconic New York City skyscraper, this Chicago building is a vibrant hub for artists.

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

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

Orthodox church partially financed by Tsar Nicolas II.

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

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

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

This historic-shipwreck-cum-diving-spot can still be seen poking its boiler out of the Lake Michigan waters that claimed it.

This architectural stunner is one of the few surviving Egyptian Revival theaters in the U.S.

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

Arguably the best example of an authentic Dutch windmill in the United States, rivaling its counterparts in the Netherlands.

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

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

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

A river with some unusual, and occasionally dangerous, habits.