The remains of a Rockefeller's lush Italianate estate hidden in the underbrush on the coast of Lake Michigan.

This old steel industry company town has a tradition of parking cars on the sidewalk so people can walk in the narrow streets.

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

Urban explorers embraced America's now demolished first suburban mall, south of Chicago.

A small abandoned and abused cemetery that has become a magnet for ghost hunters.

Take a break from all the boring business of death at this funeral home mini-golf course.

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

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

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

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

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

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

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

A military museum and library dedicated to the citizen soldier.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.