A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.

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

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

These mansions date back to Chicago's days as a brewer's paradise.

Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

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

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

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

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

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.

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

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

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

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.