Abandoned in Illinois

The last remnants of a lakeside airport that was bulldozed overnight by the mayor of Chicago.

Tiny treasures, giant murals, and strange sculptures decorate the windows and doors of this abandoned building.

An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.

The NBA player's elaborate former home is now a ghost of its old glory.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

One-of-a-kind preserved ruins of an abandoned 1880s church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.

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

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

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

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

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

This abandoned 19th century orphanage started as a boarding school for children of Civil War veterans.

A small abandoned and abused cemetery that has become a magnet for ghost hunters.

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

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.

An abandoned meat mecca now serves as an excellent locale for urban exploration.