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

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

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

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

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Louis Sullivan’s dark, swirling cast-iron designs envelop a popular department store in this Chicago landmark.

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

The last remaining vestige of a popular 1999 public art display.

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

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

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

Hidden on the seventh floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.

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

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

An ever-growing collection of rare and strange objects owned by local Arkansas illusionist Maxwell Blade.