International Museum of Surgical Science
Chicago, Illinois
This museum pairs the elegance of a Versailles-inspired chateau with the visceral reality of medical history, featuring everything from barber-surgeon saws to heart valves.
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This museum pairs the elegance of a Versailles-inspired chateau with the visceral reality of medical history, featuring everything from barber-surgeon saws to heart valves.
Chicago, Illinois
This sprawling Chicago institution offers a dizzying array of used titles packed into a multi-story space, creating a literal dreamscape for anyone who loves the smell of old paper.
Chicago, Illinois
This bronze sculpture turns a common urban nuisance into a high-art statement, serving as both a playful jab at neighborhood dogs and a permanent reminder for owners to keep the sidewalks clean.
Chicago, Illinois
This massive community-run greenhouse provides a humid, green refuge from Chicago’s concrete grid, housing thousands of exotic plants and artistic floral displays under soaring glass ceilings.
Chicago, Illinois
This Andersonville storefront transforms the morbid into art, housing a dense collection of skeletal remains, vintage medical tools, and eccentric taxidermy intended to help visitors confront mortality.
Chicago, Illinois
This playful Chicago park honors author L. Frank Baum by populating a lush neighborhood garden with iconic bronze figures from the Land of Oz.