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

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

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

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

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

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

A science teacher's dream.

The first and only museum dedicated to stained glass and horology opened outside of Chicago in 2017.

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

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.

The site of an ancient Mississippian settlement that appears to have flourished during the 10th to 13th centuries.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.