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

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

Pizza with a side of fine art.

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

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."

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

More tin toys than you can shake a clapping monkey at.

A big museum full of little worlds.

There are more than 4 million bricks inside this unofficial Lego museum in a former middle school.

The world's largest collection of porcelain "veilleuses-theiere," or night light teapots, includes four that belonged to Napoleon.

One man's eclectic collection of treasures found at sea.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

An old church full of restored Catholic statues is a makeup artist's labor of love.

A collection of over 2000 air-moving devices of all kinds displayed in the Fanimation headquarters.

If astronomy had a ghost, it would look like this observatory.

A lesser-known part of the Kinsey Institute is this impressive collection of art, artifacts, and material culture related to human sexuality.

A giant concrete egg marks this Indiana town as the "Egg Basket of the Midwest."

A humble homemade ride attracts visitors from around the globe to this small Midwestern town.