A military museum and library dedicated to the citizen soldier.

One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

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

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

In one Chicago park, a trio of werewolves are waiting to devour their fallen brethren.

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

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

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

The 606 is a decade in the making.

A European-style bath house in Chicago.

The world's only known button museum.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

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

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

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

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.