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.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

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

A Japanese temple, old German townhouses, and public chess tables offer a peaceful escape from the bustle of the North Side.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

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

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

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

A simple Colonial home with a past haunted by death and madness.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

The final resting place of one of the brightest physicists of the 20th century.

Did he come up with a theory of cosmic-ray showers while sitting in this bath?

20-foot tall lamp mumbles Swedish to celebrate the holidays.

This collection of 80 polarizing foods aims to challenge your subjective notions of repulsion.

These waste baskets play a few risque messages to discourage littering.

This poignant sculpture of a gnarled weapon is a symbol of non-violence.

A 19th-century smallpox cemetery is being reclaimed by scrub forest and sand dunes.

This stimulating sex toy museum is sure to arouse the interest of its visitors.

Yup, that's where the name came from.