Places angbk66 Wants to Go

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

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

This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.

Over 1,000 pieces of one of the most niche art objects imaginable: the glass paperweight.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

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

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

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

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

A science teacher's dream.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.