Chicago, Illinois
Pullman Historic District
First planned industrial community in the United States.
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Chicago, Illinois
First planned industrial community in the United States.
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.
Collinsville, Illinois
Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.
Schaumburg, Illinois
The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.
Chicago, Illinois
Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.
Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.
Chicago, Illinois
A European-style bath house in Chicago.
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.
Chicago, Illinois
A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.
Cairo, Illinois
A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.
Chicago, Illinois
What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.
Wilmette, Illinois
The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.
Chicago, Illinois
This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.
Chicago, Illinois
A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.
Chicago, Illinois
A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.
Chicago, Illinois
A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.
Chicago, Illinois
An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.
Chicago, Illinois
A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.
Chicago, Illinois
An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.
Park Ridge, Illinois
A science teacher's dream.
Chicago, Illinois
A Bibliophile's Dream.
Chicago, Illinois
A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.
Chicago, Illinois
A monument to the art of slicing people open.
Chicago, Illinois
This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.