This abstract sculpture is rumored to cast a hammer-and-sickle shadow once a year.

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

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

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

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

Where the oil industry began.

A living maritime paradox still floats in the same lake where it was built and resurrected... or was it?

"Where the ducks walk on fish."

The original Garfield station is the oldest station facility on the "L", with the station house dating from 1892.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

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

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.

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

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

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

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