The NBA player's elaborate former home is now a ghost of its old glory.

Urban explorers embraced America's now demolished first suburban mall, south of Chicago.

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

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

This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

Tucked away amongst townhomes lies a restored, early 20th-century tea house and garden, the only remains of a historic estate.

An unassuming store hides relics of its former life as the jazz club that hosted some of the best black performers of the 1920s and '30s.

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

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

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

One-of-a-kind preserved ruins of an abandoned 1880s church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

The original Garfield station is the oldest station facility on the "L", with the station house dating from 1892.

This former nursery supplied plants for the creation of Chicago's largest park.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

A European-style bath house in Chicago.

A long lost multi-cultural music venue used to reside in the bottom floor of Chicago's Flat Iron Building.

"No writer ever gave more to a city and got back less.”

Location of the Real World's disastrous, and protested, eleventh season.

Not to be confused with the iconic New York City skyscraper, this Chicago building is a vibrant hub for artists.

Former bath house turns gastropub.

One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.

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