In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

These mansions date back to Chicago's days as a brewer's paradise.

One-of-a-kind preserved ruins of an abandoned 1880s church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.

Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

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

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

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.

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

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

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

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

This notorious Canadian mental institution was home to some of the first LSD experiments and origin of the word "psychedelic."

This quirky museum celebrates the history of a local cod fishing industry.

More than 50,000 gannets claim the cliffs of Bonaventure Island.

A former electric substation that was converted into a magnificent mansion.