A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

A hidden grotto on the grounds of the Kane County Government Center.

A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.

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

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

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

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

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

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.

Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.

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

It was originally part of a "terrible lizards" collection at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

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

This abstract sculpture is rumored to cast a hammer-and-sickle shadow once a year.

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

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

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

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

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

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

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