A one-armed veteran of the Battle of Waterloo lies in a cemetery for one in the middle of a Chicago scrapyard.

An amazing collection of scale model ships.

Chicago was once a major hub of film production, but being silent film you don’t hear much about it.

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

This lagomorph-obsessed Route 66 emporium is home to a giant jackrabbit that sits in a bunny graveyard.

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

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

One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.

A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

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

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.