Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

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

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

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

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

Hidden on the 7th floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.

Location of the Real World's disastrous, and protested, eleventh season.

The last masonry skyscraper ever built reveals a transitional moment in architectural history.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

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

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

Theater has had many different incarnations but has survived the ravages of time.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

The oldest house in Chicago certainly doesn't look the part and there are some who say it doesn't deserve its title either.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

Not to be confused with the iconic New York City skyscraper, this Chicago building is a vibrant hub for artists.

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.

Former bath house turns gastropub.

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.

You can take a class, browse the library, or visit the lavish lair of an international men's humor society.

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