Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.

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

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

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

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

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

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

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

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.

Moving, mind-blowing metal sculpture work of an outsider artist.