The oldest house in Chicago certainly doesn't look the part and there are some who say it doesn't deserve its title either.

A science teacher's dream.

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

The sign to a demolished amusement park now stands in front of a local library.

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

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

You can take a class, browse the library, or visit the lavish lair of an international men's humor society.

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

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

Pumpkin-like gargoyles and grotesques peer down from the rooftop of this unassuming apartment building in Illinois.

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

A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.

It was originally part of a "terrible lizards" collection at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

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

The clothes-washing king doubles as a community center with some unusual features, including an aviary filled with finches.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

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

A European-style bath house in Chicago.

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

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

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

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.