The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

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

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

WWII-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers. .

Visit the grave of America's most prominent paranormal investigators and self-proclaimed demonologists.

A humble air museum located in an original World War II aircraft factory.

Amazing views of Long Island Sound can be seen from this mountaintop tower.

A once-booming railroad left abandoned next to the Quinnipiac River marshes now intersects with a hiking trail.

An abandoned Victorian-era mill in the middle of modern Manchester.

British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.

While knives are the main feature in this store, visitors will also find dinosaur bones and meteorites.

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

The remnants of a 19th-century ironmaking complex hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

This enormous abandoned factory is now a makeshift graffiti gallery.