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Maywood, Illinois

Underground Railroad Memorial at McDonald's

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

Maywood, Illinois

Fred Hampton Pool

Named for the young Black revolutionary who was killed before getting to see a non-segregated pool in his hometown.

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Kiddieland Sign

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

1 mile from Maywood

Forest Park, Illinois

Haymarket Martyrs Monument

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

1 mile from Maywood

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Park Grove Manor

Pumpkin-like gargoyles and grotesques peer down from the rooftop of this unassuming apartment building in Illinois.

2 miles from Maywood

Oak Park, Illinois

Ernest Hemingway Birthplace and Museum

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

2 miles from Maywood

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Brookfield Zoo's Sinclair Dinosaur

It was originally part of a "terrible lizards" collection at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

3 miles from Maywood

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