Abandoned Places in Illinois

343 documented locations. Top spots below — the full set with GPS pins is on the interactive map.

Springbank Terrace

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Winslow Place

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Old Lincoln Park Nursery

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Old Stone Foundation

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former Cornerstone Anglican Church

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

DUO

Residential · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Skylift

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Berteau Ave & California Ave

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

El Warachi

Residential · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Pulaski & 81st Street Terminal

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Core Construction Laboratory

Residential · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former Red Robin

Residential · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Buckbee Seed Building

Abandoned Factory · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Nelson Knitting Building

Abandoned Factory · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former George Leland Elementary School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former Louis Armstrong Elementary School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former Wadsworth Elementary School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former Lowell-Longfellow School Site

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former Garrett Morgan Elementary School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Pershing Road

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former Brandt Elementary School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former Lexington Elementary School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former Pottawatomie School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former Lincoln School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former Courtenay Language Arts Center

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former St. Paul's Lutheran School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former Lincoln Elementary School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former Goldblatt Elementary School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former Genevieve Melody Elementary School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

City Water Tunnel Shaft

Tunnel · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Lighthouse

Residential · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former Hart School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former Carl Sandburg Elementary School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Greenwood Elementary School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Holy Trinity Grade School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Pace High School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former Francis Scott Key Elementary School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

City of Refuge Ministries Church

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former Chicago Police Department Canine Unit Training Facility

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Lucky 7's

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

School Number 84

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Lu Lu's Pizza

Residential · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former Wentworth Elementary School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Robert Morris University

Residential · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former Parkman Elementary School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former Dett Elementary School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former Crispus Attucks Public School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former Pershing East School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

White Eagle School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former Chicago Police Academy

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former Grant White School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former Alfred Kohn Elementary School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former Robert Emmet Elementary School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former Songhai Learning Institute

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former Earle Elementary School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former South Shore High School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former Henson Elementary School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

L T Stone School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Wataga Elementary School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Abingdon Junior High School

School · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

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