A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

Complex aquaponics systems allow fish and plants to grow in harmony.

The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.

A trailblazing sovereign nation tucked in the American state of Wisconsin.

Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.

Literally a million fascinating cartographic artifacts are held in this sprawling university collection.

A house and yard adorned with bizarre concrete sculptures in a Milwaukee suburb.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

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

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

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

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

A science teacher's dream.

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.

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.

The spaceship-like theater, which is still in use, was one of the most popular exhibits at the 1964 New York World's Fair.

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.

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

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.