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

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

First planned industrial community in the United States.

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

One-of-a-kind preserved ruins of an abandoned 1880s church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

A science teacher's dream.

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

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.

After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.