The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

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

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

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

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

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

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

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

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

An unusual assortment of art, furniture, and other curiosities.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.