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Des Plaines, Illinois

Square Deal Shoe Store

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.

Des Plaines, Illinois

McDonald's First Store Museum

Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.

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Park Ridge, Illinois

Wood Library and Museum of Anesthesiology

Medical museum focused on antique anesthesiology equipment.

2 miles from Des Plaines

Park Ridge, Illinois

Pickwick Theatre

A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.

3 miles from Des Plaines

Niles, Illinois

Leaning Tower of Niles

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

5 miles from Des Plaines

Chicago, Illinois

Noble–Seymour–Crippen House

The oldest house in Chicago certainly doesn't look the part and there are some who say it doesn't deserve its title either.

5 miles from Des Plaines

Chicago, Illinois

American Science and Surplus

A science teacher's dream.

7 miles from Des Plaines

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The World of Beekeeping & Native Bees

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Tour Chicago's Largest Prop House

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Hyde Park, Antiquity to the Atomic Age

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Hidden Stories at Rosehill Cemetery

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Hidden Stories at Graceland Cemetery

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The Chicago Underground Scavenger Hunt

Chicago, Illinois

Riverside, What the Burbs Could've Been

Riverside, Illinois

Old Joliet Prison: History and Hollywood

Joliet, Illinois

Hunting Chicago's Historic Calamities

Chicago, Illinois

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