Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

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

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

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

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

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

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

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

This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.

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

A Bibliophile's Dream.