The remains of a religious colony, its amusement park, zoo, and baseball empire.

This museum remembers an apocalyptic cult that became more famous for baseball than religious radicalism.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

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

This old steel industry company town has a tradition of parking cars on the sidewalk so people can walk in the narrow streets.

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

A chilling disappearance (and rescue) of a child uncovers a geological mystery.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

Chicago was once a major hub of film production, but being silent film you don’t hear much about it.

G.V. Black, the Father of Modern Dentistry, keeps an eternal eye on Chicagoan’s teeth from his perch in Lincoln Park.

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

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

A science teacher's dream.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

The oldest house in Chicago certainly doesn't look the part and there are some who say it doesn't deserve its title either.

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

This historic store hides a museum exhibiting a shoe-sizing x-ray machine and a pair of kicks that once belonged to the world's tallest man.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

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

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.