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

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

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

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

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

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

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

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

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

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

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

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

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

The rodent-shaped sidewalk imprint that earned worldwide media attention.

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

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

A science teacher's dream.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

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

A student designed this 3D-printed scale replica of the entire university campus.