Radiation Underfoot
Deep beneath a Cook County forest preserve rest relics of the atomic age. A local artist captures the energy still emanating from them.
Packages: Hidden Chicago 2018
A Prohibition-Era Tunnel
There’s more than spilled beer beneath your feet at this North Side bowling alley.
Caution! Weird Energy Ahead
Paranormal happenings in a West Loop alley
The Legend of Johnny Twist
Chicago’s senior writer makes a curious musical discovery on the South Side.
Top 10 Reasons to Visit Hegewisch
A brief appreciation of Chicago’s remotest neighborhood
Closet of Dreams
In the basement of the Chicago History Museum, out of sight of the throngs of visitors upstairs, resides a shoe collection that any woman worth her Louboutins would kill for. From silk slippers worn by the Gilded Age’s 1 percent to modest boots for Industrial Revolution laborers, the trove spans four centuries. (The Nike Air Jordans from MJ’s “The Shot” against the Cavs in the 1989 playoffs are kept in a refrigerated room to preserve the plastic.)
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Paintings for the People
A one-of-a-kind art collection in a most unlikely place: a Chicago Park District field house on the South Side
The Bat Cave at McCormick Place
The “Bat Cave” tunnel is accessible to a select few.
A Basement Zoo
Peacocks, budgies, chickens, and a tortoise—it’s a real-life wild kingdom underneath this suburban home.