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

Roses and other fascinating flora fill this garden built to commemorate Britain's immortal Bard.

The world's third-largest scale model of the planets.

The first and only museum dedicated to stained glass and horology opened outside of Chicago in 2017.

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

The mysterious white squirrels of this Illinois city are treated like sacred cows.

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.

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

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

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

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

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

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.