This simple gravestone remembers a pig who single-hoofedly raised $19,000,000 for the Navy.

The young Black revolutionary was killed before getting to see a non-segregated pool in his hometown.

Odd, decrepit fountain honors Chicago author who had mixed feelings about his hometown.

Now nearly abandoned, Kaskaskia was once the capital of Illinois and one of the most important towns on the upper Mississippi.

This odd stone memorial remembers a loyal dog who offended the rail barons with his speed and saved his master with his pee.

With 8,000 pipes this giant instrument is the most versatile theatre pipe organ ever built.

Designed by Alfred Caldwel, this landscape showcases his vision of a native garden.

This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.

The sign to a demolished amusement park now stands in front of a local library.

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

Once an ornate movie theater remade by Catholic Charities.

The world's largest covered wagon is piloted by a giant Lincoln lawyer.

The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.

A massive bur oak tree believed to be some 500 years old is the centerpiece of this quiet urban greenspace.

Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.

This lush 12-acre site was once named the finest Japanese garden in North America.

A tribute to one granddaughter's old apartment which now represents the whims of each visitor.

The only place in America where anyone who wants can shovel coal aboard an antique train.

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

A former atom smasher turned into an art gallery.

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

Built in 1869, this now-retired structure looks more like a medieval fortress than a county lock-up.

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

G.V. Black, the Father of Modern Dentistry, keeps an eternal eye on Chicagoan’s teeth from his perch in Lincoln Park.