Come for the 14-foot-long taxidermy alligator. Stay for the mini costumed gators shooting pool.

Grab a latte at the birthplace of modern American skateboarding.

One of the finest examples of a black soil prairie that was barely saved by the Great Depression.

A source of civic pride, though the reason for its construction is unknown.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

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

The young Black revolutionary was killed before getting to see a non-segregated pool in his hometown.

It was originally part of a "terrible lizards" collection at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.

A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.