This abandoned Abraham Lincoln statue has also earned the honorary of "World's Ugliest."

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

A source of civic pride, though the reason for its construction is unknown.

The poet’s boyhood home is now dedicated to celebrating his life and legacy.

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

A long lost multi-cultural music venue used to reside in the bottom floor of Chicago's Flat Iron Building.

A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.

Tucked away amongst townhomes lies a restored, early 20th-century tea house and garden, the only remains of a historic estate.

With 8,000 pipes this giant instrument is the most versatile theatre pipe organ ever built.

Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.

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

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

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

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

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

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans' graves.

A Bibliophile's Dream.