This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

Where dioramas can follow you home.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

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

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

This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.

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

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

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

In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.

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

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

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

In Chicago, a pizza-enthusiast has opened a museum dedicated to the history of pizza.

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

In one Chicago park, a trio of werewolves are waiting to devour their fallen brethren.

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

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

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

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

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

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