A haunting deserted hotel is a favorite with artists and photographers.

This Communist-era residential block is one of the longest residential building in Europe.

This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.

A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

The site of the first battle of World War II.

The legacy of an unsolved, gruesome murder rests beneath the spans of this historic bridge.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

This folk art wall claims to be the world's one and only memorial to the bygone age of hippies.

The park that the Chicago Stockyards built.

A theme park attraction designed to turn your children into LARPers.

A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

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

You were once able to challenge a chicken to tic-tac-toe at this park, which is now converted into the Aikman Wildlife Adventure.

The 40-year-old machine serves soda quicker than you can catch it for a mere 75 cents a pop.

The inconspicuous grave of the University of Illinois' first president is just steps from the main quadrangle.

The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.