The 606 is a decade in the making.

Huge abstract sculptures of the Puerto Rican Flag.

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

A Bibliophile's Dream.

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.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.