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

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

Pizza with a side of fine art.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans' graves.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

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

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

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

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

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

The first and only museum dedicated to stained glass and horology opened outside of Chicago in 2017.

Urban explorers embraced America's now demolished first suburban mall, south of Chicago.

Grand opera on a miniature scale.

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

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

The carved remains of a 200-year-old oak tree memorialize the namesake of the iconic "Wizard of Oz" character.

In a grove of fast growing walnut trees outside Paris, Illinois, a marker shares the story of a fictional road building culture.

Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.

This deceivingly ordinary warehouse hides an enormous collection of pop culture treasures.

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

A curious collection of miniatures in a quiet corner of the Chicago Children's Museum.

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