Tucked away amongst townhomes lies a restored, early 20th-century tea house and garden, the only remains of a historic estate.

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

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.

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

Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.

A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.

The young Black revolutionary was killed before getting to see a non-segregated pool in his hometown.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

The sign to a demolished amusement park now stands in front of a local library.

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

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

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

Pumpkin-like gargoyles and grotesques peer down from the rooftop of this unassuming apartment building in Illinois.

The clothes-washing king doubles as a community center with some unusual features, including an aviary filled with finches.

The last masonry skyscraper ever built reveals a transitional moment in architectural history.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

This collection of bronze hands comes from astronauts, presidents, baseball greats, and more.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

One of the greatest boxers and humanitarians to ever live chose his hometown as his final resting place.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.