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The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

The preserved remains of the former Milwaukee County Hospital for the Insane are hidden in the wooded grounds of County Park.

The largest interactive exhibition in the U.S. exploring human history through the lens of power, punishment, and psychology.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

A factory in Milwaukee where poop is reclaimed… and recycled.

A trailblazing sovereign nation tucked in the American state of Wisconsin.

The birthplace of a titan of American cinema.

The remains of a Rockefeller's lush Italianate estate hidden in the underbrush on the coast of Lake Michigan.

A rare cliffside vantage point of Lake Michigan with an explosive history.

Pizza with a side of fine art.

In Chicago, an empty relic of a time when neighborhood zoos were more common.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

A river with some unusual, and occasionally dangerous, habits.

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

The final resting place of Gary Gygax; co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons.

Grand opera on a miniature scale.

The study has wall paneling from a 17th century ship.

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

This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.

Where a brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel, and a recluse met one Saturday and changed their lives forever.

A board game enthusiast's love for the game, memorialized forever.

Just outside Chicago, one of the few traditional Mongolian restaurants in the U.S. serves a misunderstood cuisine.