Over 1,000 pieces of one of the most niche art objects imaginable: the glass paperweight.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

A historic ballroom host to famous performers from the big band era to 1980s rock.

Legend says Dungeons and Dragons players can get their dice blessed at the creator of the game's memorial.

The final resting place of Gary Gygax; co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons.

The only thing these street signs will help you navigate is your imagination.

Huge abstract sculptures of the Puerto Rican Flag.

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

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A source of civic pride, though the reason for its construction is unknown.

A tribute to one granddaughter's old apartment which now represents the whims of each visitor.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

An underwater statue of Christ blesses the depths off Key Largo.

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

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

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.

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