Places diwrom Wants to Go

An ever-evolving wall of graffiti art off East Liberty Street.

A massive collection of vintage cars in an industrial-style building.

A museum dedicated to the dead and the tools used to usher them into the afterlife.

A treasure trove of material within the University of Pittsburgh Library Systems has spawned the world's first and only center for academic study of the horror genre.

A unique workspace where offices reside on pirate ships and inside gingerbread houses.

A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.

This is one really big nut.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

The symbol was surreptitiously built into the river bank by German prisoners of war.

Hidden in the New Mexico desert southeast of Roswell, nine small deep lakes formed inside sinkholes.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

The overgrown remains of a folly temple/playhouse, in an unmaintained section of a Dupage County Forest Preserve.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

A hidden oasis just north of Chicago's Chinatown.

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

A science teacher's dream.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.