Places 80schic84 Wants to Go

A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

Once a bastion of its community, this gothic cathedral now stands as a haunting ruin.

An ornate Detroit church, left empty and ravaged by time.

The replica western town of Shadowhawk was built by a former Hollywood actor in Smithfield, North Carolina.

Providing the soundtrack to the golden years of the Seattle grunge scene.

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

A theater sits abandoned on Roosevelt Road, once majestic in splendor, now majestic in decay.

This historic-shipwreck-cum-diving-spot can still be seen poking its boiler out of the Lake Michigan waters that claimed it.

Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

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

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.

In 1967, murder and mayhem disrupted the tranquility along this quiet stretch of Old Route 66.

A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

A labor of love built by local hang-gliding enthusiasts, this ideal launch spot was outlawed by the authorities and has since been largely abandoned.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.