This 19th-century fountain's namesake animal isn't what you think it is.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

An Art Deco gem that held together the artistic heart of an agricultural community for 92 years.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

In one Chicago park, a trio of werewolves are waiting to devour their fallen brethren.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

A theater sits abandoned on Roosevelt Road, once majestic in splendor, now majestic in decay.

An unassuming store hides relics of its former life as the jazz club that hosted some of the best black performers of the 1920s and '30s.

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

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

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

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