You were once able to challenge a chicken to tic-tac-toe at this park, which is now converted into the Aikman Wildlife Adventure.

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

A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.

An abandoned meat mecca now serves as an excellent locale for urban exploration.

Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.

A European-style bath house in Chicago.

An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.

Planes, trains, and automobiles have all been sunk as attractions at this Illinois diving spot.

This historic lavatory leftover features two levels of defecation stations completely without context.

This cemetery is all that remains of a school for "wayward" girls.

A hidden grotto on the grounds of the Kane County Government Center.

First known as the "Sample House," this construction mash-up was meant to be a living catalogue of building styles.

The NBA player's elaborate former home is now a ghost of its old glory.

Take a break from all the boring business of death at this funeral home mini-golf course.

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

This abandoned 19th century orphanage started as a boarding school for children of Civil War veterans.

The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.

In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

The 40-year-old machine serves soda quicker than you can catch it for a mere 75 cents a pop.

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.