A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

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

A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

The world's only known button museum.

Tucked away amongst townhomes lies a restored, early 20th-century tea house and garden, the only remains of a historic estate.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

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

This house renovated by Frank Lloyd Wright was the centerpiece of a lavish 20th-century estate.

This unassuming city park is home to three different types of Native American mounds.

This monolithic statue was erected in honor of Chief Black Hawk (even if it wasn't made to look like him).

This architectural stunner is one of the few surviving Egyptian Revival theaters in the U.S.

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

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

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

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

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.

Burial mounds of prehistoric Native Americans who lived along the DuPage River.

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

The original Garfield station is the oldest station facility on the "L", with the station house dating from 1892.

First planned industrial community in the United States.