Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

The only Chicago bridgehouse open to the public contains a museum devoted to the Chicago River.

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

A historic 1929 art-house cinema that features independent, classic, cult, and foreign films in an atmospheric setting.

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

Kwanu'sila the Thunderbird has been silently watching over Chicago for more than 100 years (kind of).

Designed by Alfred Caldwel, this landscape showcases his vision of a native garden.

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

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

This is the last hand-cranked chain ferry of its kind in operation in the United States.

The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

This small museum is home to some of the oldest and best-preserved dinosaur specimens found in Montana.

A century-old cabin off of Highway 30 touts an unusual construction material: dinosaur bones.

See 150 million-year-old dinosaur tracks and bones dating back to the Jurassic period.