There is a former riverboat casino that is abandoned and still floating on the Illinois/Iowa border nearly adrift in the Mississippi River near Burlington.
It was built by a French immigrant for his English bride back in the 1800s, but now it's just ruins in the Illinois woods. See what remains of Hartford Castle originally known as Lakeview.
He could have been a mass murderer, but his identity (and alleged crime) remains unproven still today. It's the story of an Illinois man who in the mid-1940s may have tried to gas his entire town.
When you learn about the infamous Schweppe Mansion near Chicago, you'll likely be stuck in the weird place of wanting this beautiful home and being terrified of it.