The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

The scuba diving training facility was named for the steam that rises from the cave's chimney.

One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.

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

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

A European-style bath house in Chicago.

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.

A Chicago Movie Palace Lost to Time.

Theater has had many different incarnations but has survived the ravages of time.

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

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

Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.

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

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

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

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

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

Pizza with a side of fine art.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A Bibliophile's Dream.