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An exhibit of items from the mental institution where Mary Todd Lincoln lived after her son conspired to have her committed.

A mythical bird etched into the face of a rock doubles as the mascot for a nearby school.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

In a grove of fast growing walnut trees outside Paris, Illinois, a marker shares the story of a fictional road building culture.

People escaping slavery passed through the oldest house in Lombard, Illinois on their northbound journey to freedom.

A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.

The dream home of an iconoclastic renaissance man still stands as a monument to his domestically mundane vision.

The original Garfield station is the oldest station facility on the "L", with the station house dating from 1892.

This Mediterranean castle was built for a millionaire and his giant dog.

An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.

This folk art wall claims to be the world's one and only memorial to the bygone age of hippies.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

Planes, trains, and automobiles have all been sunk as attractions at this Illinois diving spot.

This historic lavatory leftover features two levels of defecation stations completely without context.

Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.

The world's third-largest scale model of the planets.

Chicago was once a major hub of film production, but being silent film you don’t hear much about it.

This softly rounded mansion was built without corners not to avoid evil spirits, but to make them more comfortable.

This tiny historic jail along Route 66 is the perfect fit for exactly one criminal and their partner-in-crime.

Today this bizarre rooftop phone booth seems like a piece of kitsch but it was once used to spot disastrous storms.

This deceivingly ordinary warehouse hides an enormous collection of pop culture treasures.

The oldest house in Chicago certainly doesn't look the part and there are some who say it doesn't deserve its title either.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

A military museum and library dedicated to the citizen soldier.