Chicago, Illinois
Merz Apothecary
An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.
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Chicago, Illinois
An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.
Maywood, Illinois
A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.
Melrose Park, Illinois
The sign to a demolished amusement park now stands in front of a local library.
Chicago, Illinois
Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.
Villa Park, Illinois
This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.
Lisle, Illinois
A tribute to one granddaughter's old apartment which now represents the whims of each visitor.
Evanston, Illinois
The first and only museum dedicated to stained glass and horology opened outside of Chicago in 2017.
Dexter, Iowa
The notorious couple camped at this site after a bloody shootout with police.
Park Ridge, Illinois
A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.
Leland, Michigan
A charming remnant of 19th-century fishing towns sits on Michigan’s Leelanau Peninsula.
Cedar, Michigan
The secret skeleton of a murdered nun was discovered in this church basement, but the scandal doesn't end there.
Addison, Illinois
Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.
Cedar, Michigan
A crumbling mountain resort that looks like it was abandoned in an instant.
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Profile of a sleeping person four kilometers long in 250-meter-high cliffs.
Kaleva, Michigan
House built with over 60,000 glass bottles.
Batavia, Illinois
Arguably the best example of an authentic Dutch windmill in the United States, rivaling its counterparts in the Netherlands.
Geneva, Illinois
This cemetery is all that remains of a school for "wayward" girls.
Geneva, Illinois
A hidden grotto on the grounds of the Kane County Government Center.
Geneva, Illinois
A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.
Bartlett, Illinois
This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.
Schaumburg, Illinois
The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.
Ida Grove, Iowa
An eclectic assortment of medieval architecture in a small Iowa town.