Not to be confused with the iconic New York City skyscraper, this Chicago building is a vibrant hub for artists.

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

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

A theater sits abandoned on Roosevelt Road, once majestic in splendor, now majestic in decay.

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

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

Former bath house turns gastropub.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

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

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

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

First planned industrial community in the United States.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

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