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A monument to the art of slicing people open.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

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

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

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."

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

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

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

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

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

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

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

This landmark of the Chicago silent film industry may not be in the picture business anymore but it still stands proudly.

Over 1,000 pieces of one of the most niche art objects imaginable: the glass paperweight.

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

While filling up your gas tank in eastern Kentucky, you just might stumble into this collection of country music memorabilia.

The failure of one component toppled this entire bridge during rush hour.

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.