Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

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

Where dioramas can follow you home.

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

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

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

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

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

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

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.

A Japanese temple, old German townhouses, and public chess tables offer a peaceful escape from the bustle of the North Side.

G.V. Black, the Father of Modern Dentistry, keeps an eternal eye on Chicagoan’s teeth from his perch in Lincoln Park.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.

In the back of a nondescript sports bar is a museum-worthy mural by legendary cartoonists.

A train station that was abandoned by the coal industry and converted into a cocktail bar. Now it’s home to the local visitor bureau.