The ruins of a 19th century shelter run by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.

A big museum full of little worlds.

A floating museum that was sunk by a flood and left to rot in the tides.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.

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

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

The 606 is a decade in the making.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

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

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.