The large rock formation where the Shawnee prophet Tenskwatawa stood and encouraged his warriors during the Battle of Tippecanoe.

A subterranean haunt where wine and homemade biscottis are always on the menu.

Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.

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

This multisensory alley has the ability to remind bustling citygoers to stop and smell the roses.

The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

An abandoned meat mecca now serves as an excellent locale for urban exploration.

A theater sits abandoned on Roosevelt Road, once majestic in splendor, now majestic in decay.

This abandoned 19th century orphanage started as a boarding school for children of Civil War veterans.

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

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

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

This former Union fort commands a fine view of downtown Cape Girardeau and the Mississippi River.

This 1854 courthouse along the Mississippi River has a storied history.

These pink granite water slides are the result of millions of years of erosion.

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

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

This candy shop has been serving up sweets to the Louisville area since the 1850s.

While there are no actual snakes in the history of this crooked road, there may be a number of dead horses.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.