Stockholm, Sweden
Samkönade Trafikljusen
A temporary art piece to celebrate LGBTQ Pride is now a permanent part of Stockholm's traffic landscape.
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Stockholm, Sweden
A temporary art piece to celebrate LGBTQ Pride is now a permanent part of Stockholm's traffic landscape.
Chicago, Illinois
Orthodox church partially financed by Tsar Nicolas II.
Chicago, Illinois
A 19th-century horse lover's bequest led to the construction of this unique fountain in Chicago.
Chicago, Illinois
This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.
Chicago, Illinois
The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.
Chicago, Illinois
An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.
Chicago, Illinois
This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.
Chicago, Illinois
A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.
Chicago, Illinois
A military museum and library dedicated to the citizen soldier.
Stockholm, Sweden
A former suicide bridge is now accumulating symbols of love instead of a body count.
Chicago, Illinois
A theater sits abandoned on Roosevelt Road, once majestic in splendor, now majestic in decay.
Chicago, Illinois
What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.
Maywood, Illinois
A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.
Maywood, Illinois
The young Black revolutionary was killed before getting to see a non-segregated pool in his hometown.
Forest Park, Illinois
Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.
Berwyn, Illinois
The clothes-washing king doubles as a community center with some unusual features, including an aviary filled with finches.
Chicago, Illinois
Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.
Chicago, Illinois
Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."
Chicago, Illinois
Theater has had many different incarnations but has survived the ravages of time.
Chicago, Illinois
The faint remains of a Polish news empire still linger.
Chicago, Illinois
Odd, decrepit fountain honors Chicago author who had mixed feelings about his hometown.
Chicago, Illinois
These mansions date back to Chicago's days as a brewer's paradise.
Chicago, Illinois
"No writer ever gave more to a city and got back less.”
Chicago, Illinois
Designed by Alfred Caldwel, this landscape showcases his vision of a native garden.