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

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

You can take a class, browse the library, or visit the lavish lair of an international men's humor society.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

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

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.

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

The largest living museum in the Northeast recreates life from the Early Republic period complete with costumed historians and reenactors.

Journey inside the bowels of this sperm whale sculpture.

Where you can hail your favorite fictional commanders-in-chief.

The Museum of the Forum of Caesar Augusta showcases the city's ancient Roman sewage system.

Human figures and faces are carved into the sandstone surrounding this cave in Czechia.

An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.

Explore the legends surrounding these mythical sea creatures inside this museum.

These temples are among the oldest free-standing stone buildings in the world.