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

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

A relic of the Cold War in Chicago.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

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

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

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

What appears to be a wizard's lair in Milwaukee actually houses a massive water pipe.

A group of artists transformed this desolate city alleyway into an outdoor gallery of street art.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.

The oldest house in Chicago certainly doesn't look the part and there are some who say it doesn't deserve its title either.

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.

Parking lot where a Chicago mayor was inaugurated under very sketchy circumstances.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.