Even with only two residents and one building, this tiny Illinois town is famous for its burgers.

A wartime promise becomes a shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes.

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

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

A hidden grotto on the grounds of the Kane County Government Center.

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

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

A small abandoned and abused cemetery that has become a magnet for ghost hunters.

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

Enjoy classic musicals with a home-cooked meal at this former staple of American social life.

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

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

One of the first historical sites of an alternative universe was installed in the town of Paris, Illinois—which is now home to an annual spelling bee of Kcymaerxthaereal words.

A sprawling outdoor museum filled with larger-than-life works of art.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

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

The 40-year-old machine serves soda quicker than you can catch it for a mere 75 cents a pop.

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

This folk art wall claims to be the world's one and only memorial to the bygone age of hippies.

The dream home of an iconoclastic renaissance man still stands as a monument to his domestically mundane vision.