This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

This rusted shipwreck directly in front of a century-old abandoned lighthouse looks almost surreal.

One artist’s scheme to expand museum viewing hours into the evening led to the illumination of an entire city.

A suspended garden, now gone, once hung in the middle of this abandoned church.

Small, privately owned island divided between Michigan and Ohio with abandoned vacation homes and a derelict lighthouse.

A ship that lived many lives under many names is now known merely as the "Ghost Ship."

Patrick Dougherty's fantastic living tree sculptures, mind-blowing but temporary.

This small-town park in southern Illinois has a 1,000,000-gallon swimming pool and a 100,000-barrel oil well.

This national park dedicated to the tallgrass prairie ecosystem still displays its military past.

This folk art wall claims to be the world's one and only memorial to the bygone age of hippies.

A Depression-era sculpture by Charles Umlauf survives in a small suburban post office.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

Theater has had many different incarnations but has survived the ravages of time.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

Chicago was once a major hub of film production, but being silent film you don’t hear much about it.