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

A strange rock in Chicago marks the spot where a tree once stood in honor of the 18th President.

A military museum and library dedicated to the citizen soldier.

A bloodstain from "the wound of the transverberation of the heart."

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

Orthodox church partially financed by Tsar Nicolas II.

This small, but long-running hobby club has built one of the largest model rail lines in the US.

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

One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

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

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

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

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

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

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

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

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

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

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

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.