Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

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

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

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

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.

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

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

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.