The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

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

G.V. Black, the Father of Modern Dentistry, keeps an eternal eye on Chicagoan’s teeth from his perch in Lincoln Park.

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

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

The world's third-largest scale model of the planets.

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.

This architectural stunner is one of the few surviving Egyptian Revival theaters in the U.S.

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

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

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

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

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

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

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

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

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

A museum of the dime museum that features weird entertainments of yesteryear, from feejee mermaids to flea circuses.