The rodent-shaped sidewalk imprint that earned worldwide media attention.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

This baseball diamond was home to the Rockford Peaches, a team featured in the hit film "A League of Their Own."

This odd stone memorial remembers a loyal dog who offended the rail barons with his speed and saved his master with his pee.

At the largest railway museum in the United States, you can see everything from an early steam engine to a functioning Thomas the Tank Engine.

Where a brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel, and a recluse met one Saturday and changed their lives forever.

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

This landmark of the Chicago silent film industry may not be in the picture business anymore but it still stands proudly.

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

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

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

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

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

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

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

What was once a communal kitchen now serves heaping portions of hearty German fare.

A mother’s sweet tradition lives on with this unique memorial.

Most comprehensive museum in America devoted to one ethnic group.

A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.