Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

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

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

Hidden on the 7th floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.

A military museum and library dedicated to the citizen soldier.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

Honoring the star of the “The Bob Newhart Show” which took place in the city of Chicago in the 1970s.

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

Orthodox church partially financed by Tsar Nicolas II.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

A European-style bath house in Chicago.

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

Once an ornate movie theater remade by Catholic Charities.

A Chicago Movie Palace Lost to Time.

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

Honoring Italian greats from Joe DiMaggio to Rocky Marciano.

Also known as the Osaka Garden, this garden was originally built in 1893 as part of the World's Columbian Exposition.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

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

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

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

A one-armed veteran of the Battle of Waterloo lies in a cemetery for one in the middle of a Chicago scrapyard.

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

The NBA player's elaborate former home is now a ghost of its old glory.