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A tiny, remote island packed with wonders both natural and geeky.

The clothes-washing king doubles as a community center with some unusual features, including an aviary filled with finches.

Designed by Alfred Caldwel, this landscape showcases his vision of a native garden.

This former nursery supplied plants for the creation of Chicago's largest park.

Just outside Chicago, one of the few traditional Mongolian restaurants in the U.S. serves a misunderstood cuisine.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

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

More than 8,000 drinking jugs say “Cheers!” to a guy named Toby.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

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

It was originally part of a "terrible lizards" collection at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

The first home and studio that belonged to the famous architect.

The rodent-shaped sidewalk imprint that earned worldwide media attention.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

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

This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.

Not to be confused with the iconic New York City skyscraper, this Chicago building is a vibrant hub for artists.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

The large collection of pre-Columbian pottery might make you blush.