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.
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.
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.
I'll blame this on my typically suspicious nature. There's an Illinois neighborhood which has an abnormally high number of abandoned homes. There are urban legends claiming the homes were abandoned due to an influx of cell phone towers and illness, but is it true? Let's explore and see if we can learn the truth.
Nearly a dozen families called this Illinois neighborhood home at one time. Now, it's been completely wiped away. Homes were abandoned and then demolished. It's a quite neighborhood in the Land of Lincoln that simply disappeared all because of water.