This mural was painted by Puerto Rican muralist Gamaliel Ramirez, whose work appears several more times on our list.

This mosaic mural appears inside the St. Josaphat Parish elementary school. It is composed of custom venetian glass tile, hand cut stained glass, mirror and photographic ceramic tiles.

Symbols in this mural include the Skyway Bridge, the Villa Guadalupe Senior Center iron fence entrance and the Pilgrim Baptist Church.

The Mile of Murals is a community-based public art initiative which began in 2007. The project's ten-year goal is to paint a full mile of murals along the CTA Red Line track from Touhy Avenue to Pratt Boulevard.

Artists Lea Pinsky and Dustin Harris completed this mural in Fall, 2007. It celebrates the school's values of the arts, technology, and cultural diversity.

Awarded artist Hector Duarte completed this mural in 2005. He has had a hand in creating over 50 murals throughout the city.

This mural had a cameo in The Blues Brothers as the exterior wall of Ray's Music Exchange.

This agricultural mural appears at the corner of Cullerton Street and Blue Island Avenue in Pilsen.

Artist Jeff Zimmerman painted this mural early in his career, back in 1996. Zimmerman is best known for his large scale, photo-realistic murals, like #15, "You Know What You Should Do."

Gamaliel Ramirez was the lead artist on this project, along with artists from a nearby grammar school.

This is another piece by Gamaliel Ramirez, who also created #38 on our list, "Sea of Flags."

This mural, created by Jeff Zimmerman, is ondisplay along a wall running parallel to the Lakefront Trail and is the access point to the underpass at Oak Street Beach. The project was funded through a grant from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative through the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

This mural, painted by an unknown artist, depicts St. Michael the Archangel hovering over reading schoolchildren. The Chicago skyline is featured in the background.

This extra large mural was created by celebrity artist Shepard Fairey. It lives on Grand Avenue, just west of Navy Pier.

Artists John Pitman Weber and Bernard Williams, and assistant Lynn Edwards led a team of 37 teenagers in the design of this mural. It was painted on the side of Orr Academy High School in 1997.

This mural, painted by an unknown artist, prominently features musician Carlos Santana.

This mural, painted by an unknown artist, appears to depict a nearby intersection.

Artist Mark Elder created this mural which features the Patron of DePaul University, St. Vincent DePaul. It is made up of millions of smaller portraits of students, faculty and staff.

Artists Beatriz Santiago Munoz and Tim Portlock painted this mural in 1995. It was co-sponsored by the Prologue High School and Chicago Public Art Group.

This mural, created by Myer (Mike) Alewitz, commemorates the 1997 strike against UPS. It was dedicated on October 24th 1997.

This Humboldt Park mural expresses the vibrancy of the community in which it appears. The old mural is set to be restored.

This mural was designed and created by students of the American Academy of Art in 1996. It can be found on the rear wall of the Pullman Visitor's Center.

Jeff Zimmerman, whose work appears elsewhere on our list, painted this mural in 1999. The photorealistic faces bring life to an otherwise nondescript warehouse area.

This mural, painted by an unknown artist, spruces up a wall next to the Damen Pink Line CTA stop.

This huge mural depicts soldiers from South Chicago who were killed during the Vietnam War.

Artist Terence Faircloth painted this mural, which depicts famous Grammy Award-winning Mexican singer Joan Sebastian.

Artist Juan Chavez painted this mural, which addresses the Asian immigrant experience.

This huge mural was painted along the Western exterior wall of the theatre. The artist is unknown.

This is the final piece by muralist Gamaliel Ramirez on our list. It was inspired by a photograph taken from one of the stages during Fiesta Boricua.

Artist Rahmaan Statik Barnes was assisted by Max Sansing in the creation of this mural. It was painted in 2006, through the Chicago Public Art Group.

This mural by Jeff Zimmerman is one of three panels titled Increíbles Las Cosas Q’ Se Ven. Zimmerman, who appears elsewhere on our list, uses images of real people in his photo-realistic paintings.

This mural was designed by Janis Pozzi and painted by a group of local children. It is featured on the east wall of the building.

Artist Dan Manrique painted this mural in 1997 on the south wall of the United Electrical Workers Union.

Chicago's Hebru Brantley has become somewhat of a sensation in the last few years. Recently, the artist adorned the side of Wicker Park's Hollywood Cleaners with a sprawling mural.

This whimsical mural was recently spotted in the West Loop. It depicts an older Fulton Market.

This mural is so new that its paint is still drying (ok, it's not that new anymore). Add one more noteworthy mural for the West Loop.

Another recent piece from Tony Sparrow, this mural is dedicated to the Avondale neighborhood and located on Belmont Avenue near the Kennedy Expressway.

Hebru Brantley left his mark on Lincoln Square earlier this year with this mural.

This new Logan Square mural is a tribute to the late house music legend Frankie Knuckles.