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

A lone traffic cone perched on a ledge has remained unmoved since at least 2011, unofficially earning the status of a tiny Chicago landmark.

In Chicago, a pizza-enthusiast has opened a museum dedicated to the history of pizza.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

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

A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.

No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.

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

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

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

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

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

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

Louis Sullivan’s dark, swirling cast-iron designs envelop a popular department store in this Chicago landmark.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

From banquet hall to Masonic Lodge and now concert venue, Ganz Hall is a breathtaking glimpse of into the golden age of American architecture.

The largest interactive exhibition in the U.S. exploring human history through the lens of power, punishment, and psychology.

Over 1,000 pieces of one of the most niche art objects imaginable: the glass paperweight.