When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

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

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

The 10th-tallest pyramid in the world, this former sports arena is now home to a massive Bass Pro Shops store.

This park offers a variety of sights and activities including trail rides and buffalo sightings.

A model village fit for an emperor.

This memorial complex contains several mass graves for victims of the Siege of Leningrad.

An art museum inside an active factory.

This Chinatown hole-in-the-wall serves what might be the ultimate oyster omelet.

Visit a century-old sweet shop serving gold-standard mango sticky rice.

This enormous gold Buddha statue was hidden inside a stucco decoy for centuries.

This old-timey Chinatown institution specializes in one of the city’s best Thai-Chinese fusion dishes.

This cha chaan teng’s pineapple buns are so sought-after that they sell 5,000 a day.

A station built to repel pirates now attracts wealthy vacationers.

This old-fashioned confectionary has been family owned and operated for more than a century.

A hidden oasis just north of Chicago's Chinatown.

How did a 2,000-year-old Roman column find its way to a Chicago park?

In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.

This monument owes its name to a quote by the famous civil rights activist and journalist.

Honoring the star of the “The Bob Newhart Show” which took place in the city of Chicago in the 1970s.

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

Also known as the Osaka Garden, this garden was originally built in 1893 as part of the World's Columbian Exposition.

A relic of the Cold War in Chicago.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.