One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

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

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

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

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

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

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.

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

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

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

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

A science teacher's dream.

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

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

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