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

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

This historic-shipwreck-cum-diving-spot can still be seen poking its boiler out of the Lake Michigan waters that claimed it.

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

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

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

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

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

Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.

The mysterious white squirrels of this Illinois city are treated like sacred cows.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

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

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

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

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

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

Pizza with a side of fine art.