World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

This historic store hides a museum exhibiting a shoe-sizing x-ray machine and a pair of kicks that once belonged to the world's tallest man.

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

First planned industrial community in the United States.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

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

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.

Take a break from all the boring business of death at this funeral home mini-golf course.

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

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

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

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

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

A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

The world's only known button museum.

A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans' graves.

A science teacher's dream.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

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

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.