The final resting place of one of Chicago’s most iconic drill rappers.

Home to the first child born to English colonists in North America, this colony mysteriously disappeared while waiting for supplies.

Why would a Civil War general and president choose to be buried in a local Indianapolis graveyard and not Arlington National Cemetery?

The only Chicago bridgehouse open to the public contains a museum devoted to the Chicago River.

A lone traffic cone perched on a ledge has remained unmoved since at least 2011, unofficially earning the status of a tiny Chicago landmark.

Henri Matisse's final masterpiece.

Remember and reflect at this 9/11 memorial site.

A sprawling historic mansion with connections to a notable industrial and publishing dynasty.

The company moved out of its sprawling headquarters, leaving plenty of traces behind.

Experience the pivotal Civil War battle at this interactive museum.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

Louis Sullivan’s dark, swirling cast-iron designs envelop a popular department store in this Chicago landmark.

A relic of the Cold War in Chicago.

Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.

An unusual statue in Wisconsin of the first daily comic strip character.

The birthplace of a titan of American cinema.

The oldest functioning restaurant in the state of Illinois, operating since 1847.

In a cemetery full of holy men, mobsters, and haunted graves, among the most remarkable graves an ordinary husband and wife's spinning headstone.

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

The oldest purpose built museum in Illinois, home to original Victorian taxidermy.

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.

The world's only known button museum.

This old-fashioned confectionary has been family owned and operated for more than a century.