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

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

These murals have been brightening a Chicago beach for more than 30 years.

In the middle of Calvary Cemetery stands this singular memorial to a small boy who died too young.

More than 8,000 drinking jugs say “Cheers!” to a guy named Toby.

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

This abstract sculpture is rumored to cast a hammer-and-sickle shadow once a year.

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

A 19th-century horse lover's bequest led to the construction of this unique fountain in Chicago.

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

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

This old steel industry company town has a tradition of parking cars on the sidewalk so people can walk in the narrow streets.

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

Also known as the Osaka Garden, this garden was originally built in 1893 as part of the World's Columbian Exposition.

The original Garfield station is the oldest station facility on the "L", with the station house dating from 1892.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

A one-armed veteran of the Battle of Waterloo lies in a cemetery for one in the middle of a Chicago scrapyard.

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

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

A sprawling outdoor museum filled with larger-than-life works of art.