A museum celebrating the self-taught artist-environment builder.

The oldest continuously-operating tavern in Wisconsin used a clever loophole to serve alcohol during Prohibition.

This circus town museum recognizes the outstanding clowns of history.

A hundred-year-old museum filled with giant physics toys and experiments designed by grad students.

This solitary gravestone is separated from the rest in Appleton, explaining why local legends continue to surround it.

A former barn converted into a massive train diorama.

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

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

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

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

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

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

Theater has had many different incarnations but has survived the ravages of time.

This former nursery supplied plants for the creation of Chicago's largest park.

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

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

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

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans' graves.