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

Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.

This rare female version of the Muffler Man has its clothes removed each summer to signal the start of pool season.

Pumpkin-like gargoyles and grotesques peer down from the rooftop of this unassuming apartment building in Illinois.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

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

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

Honoring Italian greats from Joe DiMaggio to Rocky Marciano.

Huge abstract sculptures of the Puerto Rican Flag.

One of the few remaining relics of the meatpacking hub that made Chicago the "hog butcher to the world."

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

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 awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

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

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

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

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

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

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

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

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