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

Pizza with a side of fine art.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

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

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

A science teacher's dream.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

The sign to a demolished amusement park now stands in front of a local library.

A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.

Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.

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

Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.

People escaping slavery passed through the oldest house in Lombard, Illinois on their northbound journey to freedom.

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

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

A tribute to one granddaughter's old apartment which now represents the whims of each visitor.

World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.

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

This monolithic statue was erected in honor of Chief Black Hawk (even if it wasn't made to look like him).