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3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Oak Brook, Illinois

Updated December 2, 2025
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Oak Brook, Illinois

Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.
Folly Structure

Oak Brook, Illinois

Abandoned Folly

The overgrown remains of a folly temple/playhouse, in an unmaintained section of a Dupage County Forest Preserve.
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Oak Brook, Illinois

Former McDonald’s Campus

The company moved out of its sprawling headquarters, leaving plenty of traces behind.
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Villa Park, Illinois

Ebenezer Floppen Slopper's Wonderful Abandoned Water Slides

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.
1 mile from Oak Brook
Wildflowers

Westchester, Illinois

Wolf Road Prairie

One of the finest examples of a black soil prairie that was barely saved by the Great Depression.
2 miles from Oak Brook
The Italian Bride.

Hillside, Illinois

The Italian Bride

Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.
2 miles from Oak Brook
Al Capone’s gravestone.

Hillside, Illinois

Al Capone’s Grave

Burial site of the notorious Chicago gangster.
2 miles from Oak Brook
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