Belvidere, Illinois
Pettit Memorial Chapel
A small cemetery chapel designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1906.
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Belvidere, Illinois
A small cemetery chapel designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1906.
DeKalb, Illinois
This architectural stunner is one of the few surviving Egyptian Revival theaters in the U.S.
Kotor, Montenegro
These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.
Bluffton, Indiana
Home to some of Indiana's last bison herds.
Scales Mound, Illinois
This family driveway also serves as the highest point in Illinois.
Freeport, Illinois
The only place in America where anyone who wants can shovel coal aboard an antique train.
South Elgin, Illinois
The final resting place of two unknown soldiers.
Freeport, Illinois
A mini Wrigley Field for mini baseball players.
Joliet, Illinois
A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.
Barrington, Illinois
With 8,000 pipes this giant instrument is the most versatile theatre pipe organ ever built.
Kewanee, Illinois
The dream home of an iconoclastic renaissance man still stands as a monument to his domestically mundane vision.
Charleston, South Carolina
Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.
Geneva, Illinois
A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.
Menomonie, Wisconsin
This park harkens back to frontier life in Wisconsin.
Roscoe, Illinois
This deceivingly ordinary warehouse hides an enormous collection of pop culture treasures.
Rockford, Illinois
This lush 12-acre site was once named the finest Japanese garden in North America.
Bloomington, Illinois
The carved remains of a 200-year-old oak tree memorialize the namesake of the iconic "Wizard of Oz" character.
Wilmington, Illinois
This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.
Joliet, Illinois
What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.
Wilmington, Illinois
This national park dedicated to the tallgrass prairie ecosystem still displays its military past.
Lisle, Illinois
A tribute to one granddaughter's old apartment which now represents the whims of each visitor.
Sappington, Missouri
Giant works of art interspersed throughout meadows and woodlands offer a new discovery at every turn.
Geneva, Illinois
This cemetery is all that remains of a school for "wayward" girls.
Geneva, Illinois
A hidden grotto on the grounds of the Kane County Government Center.