First planned industrial community in the United States.

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

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

The world's only known button museum.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

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

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

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

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

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

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

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

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

A constantly changing trove of screen-used costumes, props, and designer wardrobe from Hollywood sets

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.