Places bekkapooh Wants to Go

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

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

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

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

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

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

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

On the eve of a condemned prisoner's death, this bell rang 12 times outside their cell.

Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

A flourishing garden with pigs, donkeys, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, and sheep.

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.