This whimsical park encourages its visitors and wildlife to roam on and around the various works of art.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

The world's only known button museum.

A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.

Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.

A theme park attraction designed to turn your children into LARPers.

One Austrian's singular yard is now preserved as a folk art garden of concrete wonders.

A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

A European-style bath house in Chicago.

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

An exhibit of items from the mental institution where Mary Todd Lincoln lived after her son conspired to have her committed.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.

Take a break from all the boring business of death at this funeral home mini-golf course.

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."