A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

Odd, decrepit fountain honors Chicago author who had mixed feelings about his hometown.

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

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

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

G.V. Black, the Father of Modern Dentistry, keeps an eternal eye on Chicagoan’s teeth from his perch in Lincoln Park.

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

This abstract sculpture is rumored to cast a hammer-and-sickle shadow once a year.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

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

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

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

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

The American Home, Re-imagined.

Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

A repository of Pasadena history.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.