Places alecgator33 Wants to Go

You can take a class, browse the library, or visit the lavish lair of an international men's humor society.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

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

A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.

An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.

A historic 1929 art-house cinema that features independent, classic, cult, and foreign films in an atmospheric setting.

This old-fashioned confectionary has been family owned and operated for more than a century.

The world's only known button museum.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

Kwanu'sila the Thunderbird has been silently watching over Chicago for more than 100 years (kind of).

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

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

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

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

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

Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.

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

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

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

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

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.