Park Ridge, Illinois
Pickwick Theatre
A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.
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Park Ridge, Illinois
A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.
Glen Rose, Texas
Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.
Senoia, Georgia
The picturesque southern city served as the zombie-filled town of Woodbury in 'The Walking Dead.'
Pearl River, Louisiana
Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.
Kalkaska, Michigan
Michigan’s most famous shoe tree.
Memphis, Tennessee
This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.
Rochester, New York
Alexander Milliner, a favorite of General Washington, is interred at Mt. Hope Cemetery along with 80 other Revolutionary War veterans.
Rochester, New York
This New York estate was designed to resemble a medieval Scottish castle.
Rochester, New York
An antique cemetery in New York, this land is home to any number of famed corpses.
Rochester, New York
The gravestone of the suffragist leader attracted extra visitors during the 2016 election.
Tallahassee, Florida
This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.
Chicago, Illinois
Theater has had many different incarnations but has survived the ravages of time.
Chicago, Illinois
One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.
Chicago, Illinois
These mansions date back to Chicago's days as a brewer's paradise.
Chicago, Illinois
This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.
Chicago, Illinois
A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.
Chicago, Illinois
The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.
Chicago, Illinois
A European-style bath house in Chicago.
Chicago, Illinois
What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.
Chicago, Illinois
A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.
Chicago, Illinois
A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.
Chicago, Illinois
The last masonry skyscraper ever built reveals a transitional moment in architectural history.
Chicago, Illinois
The faint remains of a Polish news empire still linger.
Chicago, Illinois
Landmark Chicago building narrowly avoided destruction.