Wheaton, Illinois
The Hurley Gardens
Tucked away amongst townhomes lies a restored, early 20th-century tea house and garden, the only remains of a historic estate.
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Wheaton, Illinois
Tucked away amongst townhomes lies a restored, early 20th-century tea house and garden, the only remains of a historic estate.
Batavia, Illinois
An exhibit of items from the mental institution where Mary Todd Lincoln lived after her son conspired to have her committed.
Geneva, Illinois
This house renovated by Frank Lloyd Wright was the centerpiece of a lavish 20th-century estate.
Addison, Illinois
Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This is the house that spite built.
Park Ridge, Illinois
A science teacher's dream.
Chicago, Illinois
Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Trade in that pesky human soul for cold-hard circuits.
San Francisco, California
An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.
Los Angeles, California
Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.
Chicago, Illinois
This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.
Chicago, Illinois
A Bibliophile's Dream.
Chicago, Illinois
This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.
Chicago, Illinois
An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.
Villa Park, Illinois
This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.
Brookfield, Illinois
What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.
Batavia, Illinois
World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.
Plano, Illinois
Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.
Lisle, Illinois
A tribute to one granddaughter's old apartment which now represents the whims of each visitor.
Homewood, Illinois
The NBA player's elaborate former home is now a ghost of its old glory.
University Park, Illinois
A sprawling outdoor museum filled with larger-than-life works of art.
Joliet, Illinois
A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.
Joliet, Illinois
What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.
Essex, Illinois
Moving, mind-blowing metal sculpture work of an outsider artist.