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

Once known as the Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane.

The remains of a Rockefeller's lush Italianate estate hidden in the underbrush on the coast of Lake Michigan.

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

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

One of the most powerful computers in the world can be visited by anyone who wants to experience more computing than they can handle.

Planes, trains, and automobiles have all been sunk as attractions at this Illinois diving spot.

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

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

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

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

In Chicago, a pizza-enthusiast has opened a museum dedicated to the history of pizza.

The legacy of an unsolved, gruesome murder rests beneath the spans of this historic bridge.

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

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

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

The 606 is a decade in the making.

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

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

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

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

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

A European-style bath house in Chicago.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.