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

Former bath house turns gastropub.

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

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

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

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

First planned industrial community in the United States.

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

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

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

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

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

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

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

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

Pizza with a side of fine art.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

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

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

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

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