To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

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

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

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

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

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

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

It was originally part of a "terrible lizards" collection at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

The sign to a demolished amusement park now stands in front of a local library.

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.

This house renovated by Frank Lloyd Wright was the centerpiece of a lavish 20th-century estate.

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

A tribute to one granddaughter's old apartment which now represents the whims of each visitor.