Former bath house turns gastropub.

One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.

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

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

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

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

A European-style bath house in Chicago.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

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

An eccentric park and pool.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

The effect of this ancient form of image projection situated atop an 11th century Moorish palace is thrilling.

You'd never know the houses at 23-24 Leinster Gardens were fakes—until you see the train tracks on the other side.

This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.

Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

These homes carved into the mountains seem to defy the laws of nature.

These rat eating Giant Malaysian Pitcher Plants may have evolved to eat shrew poop.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.

Mountain of unimaginable riches that bankrolled the Spanish Empire, complete with its own underworld god.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.