Places babewithclaws Wants to Go

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

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

Pizza with a side of fine art.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

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

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

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

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

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

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

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

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

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.