Places hopemch Wants to Go

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

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

Ruined pieces of stone and a swimming pool are all that remain of an amusement park swept away by a flood.

Symbolic attempt to overcome the issues of life.

A turn-of-the-century architectural marvel built on healing mineral springs and salt licks.

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

Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.

A stunning, abandoned limestone quarry in southern Indiana provided the stone to erect the Empire State Building.

The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.

Once known as the Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane.

A theater sits abandoned on Roosevelt Road, once majestic in splendor, now majestic in decay.

Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

An abandoned meat mecca now serves as an excellent locale for urban exploration.

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

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

The remnants of Peoria's proud baseball past stand slightly abandoned, but not forgotten.

One of the largest carillons in the world, this giant instrument has 67 cast-iron bells played by a keyboard.

The oldest house in Galena, Illinois, now is a reminder of when this city was the world's lead mining capital.

The murals have transformed a residential alley into a vibrant drive-through gallery.

The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.

The famous Beatle secretly visited this Illinois town several times to visit his sister.

A collection of 11 million buttons illustrates the human toll of the Holocaust.

The sign to a demolished amusement park now stands in front of a local library.