A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

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

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

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

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

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

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

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

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

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

Pizza with a side of fine art.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

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

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

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

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

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

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

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

A humble homemade ride attracts visitors from around the globe to this small Midwestern town.

Where hikers on the Tecumseh Trail can exchange a dirty sock for a free geode.