Places dollface1494 Wants to Go

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

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

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

A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

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

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

The world's only known button museum.

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

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

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.