A sprawling outdoor museum filled with larger-than-life works of art.

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

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

Medical museum focused on antique anesthesiology equipment.

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

A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.

This landmark of the Chicago silent film industry may not be in the picture business anymore but it still stands proudly.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

This small, but long-running hobby club has built one of the largest model rail lines in the US.

Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

You can take a class, browse the library, or visit the lavish lair of an international men's humor society.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

The oldest house in Chicago certainly doesn't look the part and there are some who say it doesn't deserve its title either.

Chicago was once a major hub of film production, but being silent film you don’t hear much about it.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

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

A curious collection of miniatures in a quiet corner of the Chicago Children's Museum.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

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

Hot Doug's "Hot Dog" Stand.

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.