Berwyn, Illinois
World's Largest Laundromat
The clothes-washing king doubles as a community center with some unusual features, including an aviary filled with finches.
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Berwyn, Illinois
The clothes-washing king doubles as a community center with some unusual features, including an aviary filled with finches.
Chicago, Illinois
An unassuming store hides relics of its former life as the jazz club that hosted some of the best black performers of the 1920s and '30s.
Batavia, Illinois
World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.
Brookfield, Illinois
What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.
Chicago, Illinois
This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.
Chicago, Illinois
A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.
Chicago, Illinois
First planned industrial community in the United States.
Willow Springs, Illinois
The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.
Indianapolis, Indiana
A modern-day wunderkammer dedicated to Indianapolis history, Afrofuturism, and musical vibrations.
Indianapolis, Indiana
This hidden stream beneath Indianapolis makes an appearance in the best-selling novel "Underground Airlines."
Indianapolis, Indiana
A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.
Indianapolis, Indiana
A 30-year-old Sycamore tree grown from a seed taken to the moon and back.
Bloomington, Indiana
If astronomy had a ghost, it would look like this observatory.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.
Indianapolis, Indiana
A medical facility that has been kept frozen in time.
Bloomington, Indiana
Ornate limestone building now filled with geologic specimens, and more.
Mooresville, Indiana
This mysterious hill seems to pull objects uphill.
Staunton, Illinois
This lagomorph-obsessed Route 66 emporium is home to a giant jackrabbit that sits in a bunny graveyard.
Essex, Illinois
Moving, mind-blowing metal sculpture work of an outsider artist.