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A relic of the Cold War in Chicago.

A strange rock in Chicago marks the spot where a tree once stood in honor of the 18th President.

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

A Chicago Movie Palace Lost to Time.

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

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

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

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

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.

A bloodstain from "the wound of the transverberation of the heart."

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

A military museum and library dedicated to the citizen soldier.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.

A Japanese temple, old German townhouses, and public chess tables offer a peaceful escape from the bustle of the North Side.

The 606 is a decade in the making.

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

The world's only known button museum.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

This oddities museum and folk art environment encourages visitors to play, explore, create, and even add to the environment itself.

Orthodox church partially financed by Tsar Nicolas II.

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

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

A hidden oasis just north of Chicago's Chinatown.