Former bath house turns gastropub.

You can take a class, browse the library, or visit the lavish lair of an international men's humor society.

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

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

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

Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.

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

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.

This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.

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

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

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

Tucked away in the forests of Indiana resides an abandoned waterslide that is now a popular graffiti haunt.

The first rural cemetery west of the Mississippi is home to the elaborate tombs of St. Louis' local beer barons.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

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

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

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

Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.