Huge abstract sculptures of the Puerto Rican Flag.

Parking lot where a Chicago mayor was inaugurated under very sketchy circumstances.

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

G.V. Black, the Father of Modern Dentistry, keeps an eternal eye on Chicagoan’s teeth from his perch in Lincoln Park.

"No writer ever gave more to a city and got back less.”

Odd, decrepit fountain honors Chicago author who had mixed feelings about his hometown.

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

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.

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

Former bath house turns gastropub.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

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

A bloodstain from "the wound of the transverberation of the heart."

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.

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

This small, but long-running hobby club has built one of the largest model rail lines in the US.

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

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

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

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

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

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

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