The remains of a Rockefeller's lush Italianate estate hidden in the underbrush on the coast of Lake Michigan.

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

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

First planned industrial community in the United States.

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

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

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.

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

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.

Medical museum focused on antique anesthesiology equipment.

This abstract sculpture is rumored to cast a hammer-and-sickle shadow once a year.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

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

An unassuming store hides relics of its former life as the jazz club that hosted some of the best black performers of the 1920s and '30s.

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

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

Chicago was once a major hub of film production, but being silent film you don’t hear much about it.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

This small, but long-running hobby club has built one of the largest model rail lines in the US.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.