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

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

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

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

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

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

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

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

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

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

A 246-foot-high revolving restaurant rises unexpectedly from a forested Finnish hilltop.

The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.

This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.

This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

A midnight snack that lights up the night.

A curious collection of mechanical moving figures.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.