Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

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

This cemetery is all that remains of a school for "wayward" girls.

Within the former ghost town of Cisco is a carefully restored tiny town with one resident and its own art residency.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

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

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

People escaping slavery passed through the oldest house in Lombard, Illinois on their northbound journey to freedom.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

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

A European-style bath house in Chicago.

A statue high in a hill that represents how Buffalo Bill got his name.

Arguably the best example of an authentic Dutch windmill in the United States, rivaling its counterparts in the Netherlands.

This architectural stunner is one of the few surviving Egyptian Revival theaters in the U.S.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.