A group of artists transformed this desolate city alleyway into an outdoor gallery of street art.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.

The oldest house in Chicago certainly doesn't look the part and there are some who say it doesn't deserve its title either.

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.

Parking lot where a Chicago mayor was inaugurated under very sketchy circumstances.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.

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

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

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

Man-made geyser that rises to the exact height of the Gateway Arch.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

University City's quirkiest resident lives in a park named after its first.

A plaque on the side of a parking garage marks the burial place of a great Ottawa chief.

One of the world's earliest skyscrapers.

An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.