Places From the Backwoods Wants to Go

The faint remains of a Polish news empire still linger.

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

One of the few remaining relics of the meatpacking hub that made Chicago the "hog butcher to the world."

Once an ornate movie theater remade by Catholic Charities.

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

"No writer ever gave more to a city and got back less.”

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

The original Garfield station is the oldest station facility on the "L", with the station house dating from 1892.

Theater has had many different incarnations but has survived the ravages of time.

Chicago was once a major hub of film production, but being silent film you don’t hear much about it.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

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

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.

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

This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.

A military museum and library dedicated to the citizen soldier.

This landmark of the Chicago silent film industry may not be in the picture business anymore but it still stands proudly.

Former bath house turns gastropub.

Orthodox church partially financed by Tsar Nicolas II.

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

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

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

In one Chicago park, a trio of werewolves are waiting to devour their fallen brethren.