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Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

A European-style bath house in Chicago.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

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

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

A collection of beautiful crystals shaped like freshly plucked roses.

If astronomy had a ghost, it would look like this observatory.

The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.

A modern-day wunderkammer dedicated to Indianapolis history, Afrofuturism, and musical vibrations.

A medical facility that has been kept frozen in time.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

Eternal resting place of the grave robber and murderer who served as inspiration for many of cinema’s famous madmen.

This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.