Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.

This holy goods emporium is where priests go for a little retail therapy to outfit their churches.

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

Moving, mind-blowing metal sculpture work of an outsider artist.

This tiny historic jail along Route 66 is the perfect fit for exactly one criminal and their partner-in-crime.

A mini Wrigley Field for mini baseball players.

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

This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.

Urban explorers embraced America's now demolished first suburban mall, south of Chicago.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

The birthplace of a titan of American cinema.

This historic-shipwreck-cum-diving-spot can still be seen poking its boiler out of the Lake Michigan waters that claimed it.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

A strange rock in Chicago marks the spot where a tree once stood in honor of the 18th President.

In one Chicago park, a trio of werewolves are waiting to devour their fallen brethren.

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.