Pizza with a side of fine art.

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.

Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.

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

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

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

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

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

Once the supplier for noteworthy projects like the National Cathedral, this old brickworks now lies abandoned.

An amazing example of early-20th-century architecture, this church features marble transported from Utah.

The grand marble structure next to the White House is Andrew Carnegie's temple to Pan-American diplomacy.

The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.

A small triangle of DC grass is the final resting place of one of Sonny and Cher's songs.

Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.

The fountains of the U.S. Navy Memorial are annually salted with water from the Seven Seas as part of a nautical ritual.

When it comes to handsignals (and colonialism) rock always beats scissors.

Art deco landmark on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.

A historic ruin just 20 feet away from a busy highway onramp.

Four bald cypress trees in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, mark the southern edge of a 100,000 year old cypress swamp.

This lonely waterfront memorial to the men of the Titanic was erected by the "Women of America."