The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

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

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.

An eccentric park and pool.

A curious collection of miniatures in a quiet corner of the Chicago Children's Museum.

This small, but long-running hobby club has built one of the largest model rail lines in the US.

This historic-shipwreck-cum-diving-spot can still be seen poking its boiler out of the Lake Michigan waters that claimed it.

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

Former bath house turns gastropub.

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

One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.

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

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

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

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

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

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

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

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

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