A charming remnant of 19th-century fishing towns sits on Michigan’s Leelanau Peninsula.

One of the few remaining relics of the meatpacking hub that made Chicago the "hog butcher to the world."

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

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.

This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

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

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

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

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

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

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

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

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

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

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

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

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

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