A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

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

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

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

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

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

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

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

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

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.