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

Huge abstract sculptures of the Puerto Rican Flag.

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

The 606 is a decade in the making.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

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

Former bath house turns gastropub.

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

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans' graves.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

A science teacher's dream.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.