These mansions date back to Chicago's days as a brewer's paradise.

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

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

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

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

Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.

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

The 606 is a decade in the making.

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

A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.

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

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.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

A science teacher's dream.

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.

This little gem of a museum is a hidden jewel filled with prehistoric treasures.

This Great Plains museum pays tribute to both the prosperity and tragedy of the North American fur trade.

When an ancient supervolcano erupted, some of Nebraska's prehistoric animals were forever preserved in ash.

A brick-paved former section of the historic coast-to-coast highway.

Annual technopop celebration of peace and love.