This museum promotes informed contraception by documenting its often secret past.

Eat the ultimate iteration of Portugal's most beloved pastry.

Hidden on the seventh floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.

The last remaining vestige of a popular 1999 public art display.

A hidden oasis just north of Chicago's Chinatown.

This old-fashioned confectionary has been family owned and operated for more than a century.

Chicago’s last original drive-in restaurant is a family-run hot dog joint that started in 1948.

In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.

How did a 2,000-year-old Roman column find its way to a Chicago park?

This monument owes its name to a quote by the famous civil rights activist and journalist.

Kwanu'sila the Thunderbird has been silently watching over Chicago for more than 100 years (kind of).

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

Designed by Alfred Caldwel, this landscape showcases his vision of a native garden.

This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.

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

A small Chicago museum filled with thousands of preserved butterflies, beetles, and more.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

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

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

An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

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

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.