The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

The 606 is a decade in the making.

An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

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

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

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.

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

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.

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

First planned industrial community in the United States.

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.