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This simple gravestone remembers a pig who single-hoofedly raised $19,000,000 for the Navy.

This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.

This lush 12-acre site was once named the finest Japanese garden in North America.

This house renovated by Frank Lloyd Wright was the centerpiece of a lavish 20th-century estate.

An exhibit of items from the mental institution where Mary Todd Lincoln lived after her son conspired to have her committed.

A 19th-century horse lover's bequest led to the construction of this unique fountain in Chicago.

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

People escaping slavery passed through the oldest house in Lombard, Illinois on their northbound journey to freedom.

Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.

The dream home of an iconoclastic renaissance man still stands as a monument to his domestically mundane vision.

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.

This lagomorph-obsessed Route 66 emporium is home to a giant jackrabbit that sits in a bunny graveyard.

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

This cemetery is all that remains of a school for "wayward" girls.

Orthodox church partially financed by Tsar Nicolas II.

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.

A small abandoned and abused cemetery that has become a magnet for ghost hunters.

Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.