The facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

Stockholm's tiniest statue is of a small boy looking at the Moon.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

Pizza with a side of fine art.

The story behind the mysterious symbol painted in front of the historic university's famous Rotunda.

A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.

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

Landmark Chicago building narrowly avoided destruction.

Once an ornate movie theater remade by Catholic Charities.

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

A Chicago Movie Palace Lost to Time.

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

An eccentric park and pool.

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

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

The 606 is a decade in the making.

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

A European-style bath house in Chicago.

The world's only known button museum.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.