The Field Museum shows us fragments of the meteorite that exploded over Chelyabinsk earlier this year.
Category: Show us your [____]
Show us your . . . Instagram-famous French bulldog
Manny has his own T-shirt line, and you don’t.
Show us your . . . liquor store cockatoo
The owner of Bel-Port Liquors shows us the cockatoo living among his store’s bottles of booze.
Show us your . . . urban chickens
A Portage Park couple shows us the three urban chickens that reside in its backyard.
Show us your . . . Roto-a-Matic
Rotofugi showed us its Roto-a-Matic, which cranks out original works of plastic art.
Show us your . . . car once owned by Malcolm X
Malcolm X College shows us its ’63 black Oldsmobile once driven by the man after which the college is named.
Show us your . . . framed Velveeta record
Cursive’s Tim Kasher showed us an album—his album, actually—made entirely of Velveeta cheese (really).
Show us your . . . horror-movie remains
This week we’re shown remnants from the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre house.
Show us your . . . fire station
Who wouldn’t want to poke around a fire station? Firefighter Jeff Wiley shows us Engine 60 in Hyde Park.
Show us your . . . gold star
Check out the garish gold star once owned by former 1st Ward alderman Michael “Hinky Dink” Kenna.
Show us your . . . handmade knives
Professional luthier Dan Koentopp shows us the handmade knives he uses to carve the details into custom-built guitars.
Show us your . . . BDSM dungeon
The Leather Rose Association shows us its spanking bench, standing steel cage, and other bondage furniture.
Show us your . . . blister
Josh Karney shows us the blister he developed during a rowing competition.
Show us your … religious statues
Ray Gadke shows us his collection of religious statues
Show us your . . . gnarly derby injury
Windy City Roller Moby Nipps is the type to roll with the punches