This controversial statue has migrated twice in its life.

This propitious plastic porcine has been petitioning park visitors to pick up after themselves for more than 50 years.

The painter who popularized "bulls" and "bears" as symbols for the stock market didn't get a proper headstone for over a century.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

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

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

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

Gods clash with machines in a power plant regenerated as a museum.

The sign to a demolished amusement park now stands in front of a local library.

The young Black revolutionary was killed before getting to see a non-segregated pool in his hometown.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

The last masonry skyscraper ever built reveals a transitional moment in architectural history.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

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

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

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.