The birthplace of professional hockey on the shores of Portage Lake.

Only the original archway remains from the building where a false cry of "fire" started a panic that claimed more than 70 lives on Christmas Eve in 1913.

The site where Michigan launched its first rocket into space lies abandoned in the dense woods along Lake Superior.

Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole.

World's largest pet casket company brings in up to $5 million per year in revenue.

Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.

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

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.

The final resting place of two unknown soldiers.

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

At the largest railway museum in the United States, you can see everything from an early steam engine to a functioning Thomas the Tank Engine.

Take a break from all the boring business of death at this funeral home mini-golf course.

This small-town opera house has appeared much more in national culture and history than its charming setting might suggest.

This softly rounded mansion was built without corners not to avoid evil spirits, but to make them more comfortable.

Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.

A theater sits abandoned on Roosevelt Road, once majestic in splendor, now majestic in decay.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

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

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

Pizza with a side of fine art.

How did a 2,000-year-old Roman column find its way to a Chicago park?

Kwanu'sila the Thunderbird has been silently watching over Chicago for more than 100 years (kind of).