Places explorationanddecay Wants to Go

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

The faint remains of a Polish news empire still linger.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

A curious collection of miniatures in a quiet corner of the Chicago Children's Museum.

A military museum and library dedicated to the citizen soldier.

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

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

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

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

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

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

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

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

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