A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.

The rodent-shaped sidewalk imprint that earned worldwide media attention.

One of the first intercontinental ballistic missile sites in the United States.

Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

Calidum et Deliciose Succosum!

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.

This secret gem of a toy store houses a rideable carousel populated with fantasy animals.

A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.

How did a 2,000-year-old Roman column find its way to a Chicago park?

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

The faint remains of a Polish news empire still linger.

A relic of the Cold War in Chicago.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

Where dioramas can follow you home.

This historic-shipwreck-cum-diving-spot can still be seen poking its boiler out of the Lake Michigan waters that claimed it.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

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

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

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.