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

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

Pizza with a side of fine art.

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.

A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.