The 606 is a decade in the making.

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

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

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

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.

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

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

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

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

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

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

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

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

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

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

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

A science teacher's dream.

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

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

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.