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

These murals have been brightening a Chicago beach for more than 30 years.

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

Kwanu'sila the Thunderbird has been silently watching over Chicago for more than 100 years (kind of).

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

A relic of the Cold War in Chicago.

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.

Huge abstract sculptures of the Puerto Rican Flag.

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

A 19th-century horse lover's bequest led to the construction of this unique fountain in Chicago.

This abstract sculpture is rumored to cast a hammer-and-sickle shadow once a year.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

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

A Japanese temple, old German townhouses, and public chess tables offer a peaceful escape from the bustle of the North Side.

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

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

The 606 is a decade in the making.

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

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