Places marytreptow Wants to Go

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

A Chicago Movie Palace Lost to Time.

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

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

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

This landmark of the Chicago silent film industry may not be in the picture business anymore but it still stands proudly.

This historic-shipwreck-cum-diving-spot can still be seen poking its boiler out of the Lake Michigan waters that claimed it.

Former bath house turns gastropub.

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

Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.

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

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

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

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

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

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

First planned industrial community in the United States.

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

A European-style bath house in Chicago.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

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

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