Places aestheticsnafu Wants to Go

All that remains of a vanished Michigan lumber town, remembered for tragedy, plague, and a witch’s curse.

The faint remains of a Polish news empire still linger.

A relic of the Cold War in Chicago.

Orthodox church partially financed by Tsar Nicolas II.

The world's only known button museum.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

The last remnants of a lakeside airport that was bulldozed overnight by the mayor of Chicago.

A 30-foot-tall goat tower in central Illinois is home to a herd of Swiss ungulates.

Just outside Chicago, one of the few traditional Mongolian restaurants in the U.S. serves a misunderstood cuisine.

The oldest operating hotel in Illinois enjoys a historic (and some say haunted) past.

This horror movie and monster shop is like if a haunted house was a retail store.

In a cemetery full of holy men, mobsters, and haunted graves, among the most remarkable graves an ordinary husband and wife's spinning headstone.

A unique 3-D sculpture based on Rene Magritte’s “The Red Model.”

If you ever wanted to touch a medieval mercenary’s three testicles, look no further.

These elaborate gothic monuments honor Verona's medieval lords.

Centuries ago, red and white wine poured from the statue's breasts whenever a new Venetian ruler was elected.

In Chicago, an empty relic of a time when neighborhood zoos were more common.

A lone traffic cone perched on a ledge has remained unmoved since at least 2011, unofficially earning the status of a tiny Chicago landmark.

Featuring one of the oldest collections of historic musical literature in the world.

Once the home of a renowned slaughterhouse, formerly working-class Testaccio is still the place to go for Roman offal dishes.

Chef Leonardo Vignoli subtly updates Roman classics in a storied space.

Medieval streets buried beneath a papal fortress now form an underground city you can walk through.

One of the earliest depictions of an Arthurian scene that is shrouded in mystery.

A small but very fascinating fountain in the center of Rome with four books and a deer carved.