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

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

A European-style bath house in Chicago.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

An eccentric park and pool.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

Designed by Alfred Caldwel, this landscape showcases his vision of a native garden.

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

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

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

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

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

One-of-a-kind preserved ruins of an abandoned 1880s church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

An unassuming store hides relics of its former life as the jazz club that hosted some of the best black performers of the 1920s and '30s.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

This clifftop arch is a natural stunner.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.