Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

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

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.

A military museum and library dedicated to the citizen soldier.

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

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

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

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

A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

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

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

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

A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.

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

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

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

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

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

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.