Eldon, Iowa
American Gothic House
Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.
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Eldon, Iowa
Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.
Villisca, Iowa
This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.
Kokomo, Indiana
An opulent testament to the boom-and-bust history of industry in north central Indiana.
Lafayette, Indiana
Tombstones carved to look like tree trunks are used for multiple generations of family members.
Noblesville, Indiana
This turn of the century jail once held Charles Manson.
Lafayette, Indiana
An unknown number of cholera victims are buried in two nondescript graves.
Winamac, Indiana
A large collection of motorbikes with some impressive gems.
Auburn, Indiana
A singular collection of hand-built art deco cars are held in a building with style to match.
South Bend, Indiana
This museum collects over a century of automobile history including the iconic car from The Muppet Movie.
Indianapolis, Indiana
This elaborate estate contains a stunning marble aviary, a sunken conservatory, and a magnificent music room with a two-story pipe organ.
Fountain City, Indiana
This unassuming home was once “grand central station” for the Underground Railroad.
Gary, Indiana
This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.
Bloomington, Indiana
Ornate limestone building now filled with geologic specimens, and more.
Indianapolis, Indiana
A medical facility that has been kept frozen in time.
Indianapolis, Indiana
A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.
Arcola, Illinois
You were once able to challenge a chicken to tic-tac-toe at this park, which is now converted into the Aikman Wildlife Adventure.
Harvey, Illinois
Urban explorers embraced America's now demolished first suburban mall, south of Chicago.
Springfield, Illinois
The history of funerals and funerary customs.
Bartonville, Illinois
Once known as the Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane.
St. Charles, Illinois
A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.
Springfield, Illinois
The poet’s boyhood home is now dedicated to celebrating his life and legacy.
Urbana, Illinois
The house is an iconic pilgrimage site for fans of the Illinois-based emo band.
Batavia, Illinois
An exhibit of items from the mental institution where Mary Todd Lincoln lived after her son conspired to have her committed.
Peoria, Illinois
A collection of 11 million buttons illustrates the human toll of the Holocaust.