Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.

Huge abstract sculptures of the Puerto Rican Flag.

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

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans' graves.

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

One-of-a-kind preserved ruins of an abandoned 1880s church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.