Abandoned places

Not all of Route 66 in Illinois has been preserved as there's one stretch of the now abandoned roadway that looks like it came from a Mad Max movie.

There's a new investigation from just a few weeks ago of an abandoned women's prison in Illinois that's been empty for a dozen years and it hides terrible secrets.

An abandoned Illinois mall that's been vacant for years has now been taken over by dangerous black mold.

Illinois is home to many iconic places that have fallen into disrepair over the years. Some closed down after reaching their peak, while others were wiped out by natural disasters. These locations each carry a rich history, and although they still stand today, their future remains uncertain.

There's one nearly-abandoned Illinois mall that is rising from the ashes of what it once was to become something new.

Arguably the most abandoned place in America is now only a shadow of its former self in Illinois and there are new videos and photos to prove it.

You would think that when a US Air Force Base is abandoned that everything would be evacuated and the doors would be locked. That didn't happen for an eerie Air Force base in Illinois that has been abandoned for 31 years yet the doors remain open and the rooms aren't empty.

These explorers in Chicago discovered one of the coolest underground cities in Illinois and the video footage is crazy to see.

Times have changed since 2009 when this apartment complex in Chicago was filled with families, friends, and laughter. In just five photos, watch what happens to this building over the years.

If you have a nostalgia for video stores as they used to be 30 to 40 years ago, you have to see what explorers found inside an abandoned Illinois video store.