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The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.

These World War I shooting range tunnels are now haunted halls of underground graffiti accessed through the roots of a tree.

Hundreds of numbered stakes hidden in the woods mark the graves of the lost souls of a nearby asylum.

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.

A science teacher's dream.

Chicago’s last original drive-in restaurant is a family-run hot dog joint that started in 1948.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

A hidden oasis just north of Chicago's Chinatown.

This national park dedicated to the tallgrass prairie ecosystem still displays its military past.

Volo Bog is the only open-water quaking bog in Illinois, and also the southernmost open-water quaking bog in North America to exhibit all stages of bog succession.

These murals have been brightening a Chicago beach for more than 30 years.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

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

Also known as the Osaka Garden, this garden was originally built in 1893 as part of the World's Columbian Exposition.

The remains of a religious colony, its amusement park, zoo, and baseball empire.

A large collection of motorbikes with some impressive gems.