Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.

These mansions date back to Chicago's days as a brewer's paradise.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

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

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.

A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.

In one Chicago park, a trio of werewolves are waiting to devour their fallen brethren.

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

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

The world's only known button museum.

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

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.