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

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

People escaping slavery passed through the oldest house in Lombard, Illinois on their northbound journey to freedom.

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

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

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

First planned industrial community in the United States.

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

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

This old steel industry company town has a tradition of parking cars on the sidewalk so people can walk in the narrow streets.

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

An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

A small abandoned and abused cemetery that has become a magnet for ghost hunters.

The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

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