An unassuming store hides relics of its former life as the jazz club that hosted some of the best black performers of the 1920s and '30s.

The history of funerals and funerary customs.

A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.

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

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

A collection of 11 million buttons illustrates the human toll of the Holocaust.

This monolithic statue was erected in honor of Chief Black Hawk (even if it wasn't made to look like him).

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.

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

Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.

First known as the "Sample House," this construction mash-up was meant to be a living catalogue of building styles.

No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.

Orthodox church partially financed by Tsar Nicolas II.

Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

The 40-year-old machine serves soda quicker than you can catch it for a mere 75 cents a pop.

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

One-of-a-kind preserved ruins of an abandoned 1880s church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

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

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.