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"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

This curiosity shop contains a museum filled with bizarre, unique objects.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

Despite a recent paint job, the factory still sits empty.

A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.

The house is an iconic pilgrimage site for fans of the Illinois-based emo band.

Built in 1869, this now-retired structure looks more like a medieval fortress than a county lock-up.

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

This architectural stunner is one of the few surviving Egyptian Revival theaters in the U.S.

This abandoned 19th century orphanage started as a boarding school for children of Civil War veterans.

The mysterious white squirrels of this Illinois city are treated like sacred cows.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.