This mountaintop refuge rehabilitates tigers, lions, bears, and more from illicit wildlife trade—and offers overnight lodging.

An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

Hot Doug's "Hot Dog" Stand.

The last remaining vestige of a popular 1999 public art display.

A hidden oasis just north of Chicago's Chinatown.

How did a 2,000-year-old Roman column find its way to a Chicago park?

Chicago’s last original drive-in restaurant is a family-run hot dog joint that started in 1948.

This old-fashioned confectionary has been family owned and operated for more than a century.

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

Not to be confused with the iconic New York City skyscraper, this Chicago building is a vibrant hub for artists.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

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

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

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

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

The 606 is a decade in the making.

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

A European-style bath house in Chicago.

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

Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.