Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.

A small Chicago museum filled with thousands of preserved butterflies, beetles, and more.

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

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

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

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

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

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

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

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

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

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.

The rodent-shaped sidewalk imprint that earned worldwide media attention.

Designed by Alfred Caldwel, this landscape showcases his vision of a native garden.

Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.