Places aeholmquist Wants to Go

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

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

This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

The oldest house in Chicago certainly doesn't look the part and there are some who say it doesn't deserve its title either.

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

In one Chicago park, a trio of werewolves are waiting to devour their fallen brethren.

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

This abstract sculpture is rumored to cast a hammer-and-sickle shadow once a year.

G.V. Black, the Father of Modern Dentistry, keeps an eternal eye on Chicagoan’s teeth from his perch in Lincoln Park.

The original Garfield station is the oldest station facility on the "L", with the station house dating from 1892.

Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

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

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

Pennsylvania's own Roswell-style UFO mystery.

This shrine to McDonalds' most iconic sandwich holds a 14-foot tall burger.

A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.

The tragic reality of a village riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.

This monument to one of the largest science fiction games of all time bears the names of hundreds of thousands of players.