Places benjathom Wants to Go

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

A 19th-century horse lover's bequest led to the construction of this unique fountain in Chicago.

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.

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

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

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

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

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

The world's largest dark sky preserve is a Canadian park established to preserve the country's last wood bison.

Woven tree art gives this towering Australian woodland a touch of mystical whimsy.

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

The statue honors an adventurous seafaring cat.

This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.

Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.

The Uyghur settlement in the middle of a lake continues to raise questions.

Only open for two days a year, this church links ancient Greek and modern Christian celebrations.

An avant-garde artist is survived by his seaside garden.

The ruins of a Roman fort lie in the shadows of an imposing medieval castle.