Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

One of the few remaining relics of the meatpacking hub that made Chicago the "hog butcher to the world."

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

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

Pizza with a side of fine art.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

Once an ornate movie theater remade by Catholic Charities.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

The body of St. John Neumann and his collection of hundreds of relics, on display in a Philly church.

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.