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

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

"No writer ever gave more to a city and got back less.”

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

The 606 is a decade in the making.

Former bath house turns gastropub.

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

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

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

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

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

A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.

Roses and other fascinating flora fill this garden built to commemorate Britain's immortal Bard.

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

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

Pizza with a side of fine art.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

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

Where a brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel, and a recluse met one Saturday and changed their lives forever.

Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.

This historic store hides a museum exhibiting a shoe-sizing x-ray machine and a pair of kicks that once belonged to the world's tallest man.

A science teacher's dream.

A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.