A river with some unusual, and occasionally dangerous, habits.

A small abandoned and abused cemetery that has become a magnet for ghost hunters.

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

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

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

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

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

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

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

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

First planned industrial community in the United States.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

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

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

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.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

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

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

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