In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

A theater sits abandoned on Roosevelt Road, once majestic in splendor, now majestic in decay.

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

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

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

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

After an Illinois church was struck by lightning and burned down, Frank Lloyd Wright designed this replacement.

In the middle of Calvary Cemetery stands this singular memorial to a small boy who died too young.

Roses and other fascinating flora fill this garden built to commemorate Britain's immortal Bard.

A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.

The first and only museum dedicated to stained glass and horology opened outside of Chicago in 2017.

One of the finest examples of a black soil prairie that was barely saved by the Great Depression.

Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.

The sign to a demolished amusement park now stands in front of a local library.

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

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

This house renovated by Frank Lloyd Wright was the centerpiece of a lavish 20th-century estate.

A hidden grotto on the grounds of the Kane County Government Center.

The Bong-area park police have asked visitors to please, stop stealing the signs.

Legend says Dungeons and Dragons players can get their dice blessed at the creator of the game's memorial.

A historic ballroom host to famous performers from the big band era to 1980s rock.

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

At the largest railway museum in the United States, you can see everything from an early steam engine to a functioning Thomas the Tank Engine.

This small-town opera house has appeared much more in national culture and history than its charming setting might suggest.