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

A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.

Even with its slightly risible name this colossal cross is still able to inspire awe.

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

This national park dedicated to the tallgrass prairie ecosystem still displays its military past.

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

Now nearly abandoned, Kaskaskia was once the capital of Illinois and one of the most important towns on the upper Mississippi.

Location of the Real World's disastrous, and protested, eleventh season.

This tiny historic jail along Route 66 is the perfect fit for exactly one criminal and their partner-in-crime.

Today this bizarre rooftop phone booth seems like a piece of kitsch but it was once used to spot disastrous storms.

The NBA player's elaborate former home is now a ghost of its old glory.

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.

An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.

This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.

First known as the "Sample House," this construction mash-up was meant to be a living catalogue of building styles.

No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.

Orthodox church partially financed by Tsar Nicolas II.

Take a break from all the boring business of death at this funeral home mini-golf course.

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

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

A river with some unusual, and occasionally dangerous, habits.