Landmark Chicago building narrowly avoided destruction.

Once an ornate movie theater remade by Catholic Charities.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

This sculpture is dedicated to Minnesota natives who served in combat.

Originally built by the Works Progress Administration, this park was recently saved from demolition.

Largest gathering of hobos in the country has been meeting annually since 1900.

An old town theater converted into a celebration of the hobo legacy.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

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

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

A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.

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

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

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

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

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

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 century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.