Places eapya Wants to Go

A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.

People escaping slavery passed through the oldest house in Lombard, Illinois on their northbound journey to freedom.

Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.

This deceivingly ordinary warehouse hides an enormous collection of pop culture treasures.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

Planes, trains, and automobiles have all been sunk as attractions at this Illinois diving spot.

A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.

This cemetery is all that remains of a school for "wayward" girls.

The NBA player's elaborate former home is now a ghost of its old glory.

No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

This abandoned 19th century orphanage started as a boarding school for children of Civil War veterans.

A small abandoned and abused cemetery that has become a magnet for ghost hunters.

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

One-of-a-kind preserved ruins of an abandoned 1880s church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

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