Places agtarantino Wants to Go

Toss a Frisbee through the ruins of this Colorado gold mining town.

An impressive collection of over 50,000 minerals including moon rock from the Apollo 17 mission.

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

Honoring Italian greats from Joe DiMaggio to Rocky Marciano.

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

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

A Japanese temple, old German townhouses, and public chess tables offer a peaceful escape from the bustle of the North Side.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

How did a 2,000-year-old Roman column find its way to a Chicago park?

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.